Lötter Cinsaut 2021

Weingut über: Lötter Cinsaut

-- Weingut: In the vineyards:The wine is made from the second oldest registered red wine vineyard in the country. The vineyard was planted in 1932 by Koos Lötter on his farm located in Franschoek. These old bush vines are dryland farmed and gives really produces exceptional fruit. The soils are decomposed granite with under laying sandstone which gives this wine its elegance and finesse. This vineyard ripens very late and due to the really cool weather we had during the 2021 harvest, the fruit took even longer to ripen fully and was the last grapes to come into the cellar for the year.In the cellar:The grapes were 100% destemmend before crushing. All grapes were left to ferment naturally with one punch down performed daily. The wines underwent malolactic fermentation in concrete diamond cube. The wine was racked once after malolactic fermentation and returned to the concrete cube for 10 months before bottling. No enzymes or commercial yeast was used in making the wines.Label story:We named the wine Lötter to give tribute to Koos Lötter who planted this beautiful vineyard in 1932.On the label there are pictures of plums and peaches which is predominantly planted on the farm. There’s also an image of a father teaching his son how to plant young vines, this is to showcase skills and experiences being passed on to the next generation. On the top right corner there is a diagram of a concrete tank which we use to age this beautiful wine in. it shows the movement of the lees through the design of these tanks. The Fleur de Lis sign in the background is to symbolize the origin of the wine in Franschhoek which was home to French Huguenots who played a big role in the history of South African wine.