Old Vine Colombar

REBEL REBEL OLD VINE COLOMBAR 2022

crushed and destemmed grapes

8 hour maceration before pressing

spontaneous fermentation in barrel and bottled with minimal intervention

natural residual sugar due to slow fermentation kinetics

aged for 7 months in 500L French oak barrels

w.o. bottelary, stellenbosch

vines planted in 1986

harvested 25 february 2022 at 21.2⁰B

bottled 26 september 2022

11.58% alc

RS 4.1g/L

TA 6.4g/L

VA 0.46g/L

pH 3.25

this graceful Colombar has notes of white peach, golden delicious apple, pineapple, fresh hay and lemongrass

the palate has tension, like a tightly wound spring, and is alive with texture and natural acidity

best served between 10 and 13 °C.

if consuming this wine within the first 3 years after bottling, decanting will greatly benefit the wine