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The Liberator Episode 37 Oupa Danies Swan Song 37.5cl 2018

15.5% abv

Vol- 37.5cl

Muscat de Frontignan remains an integral part of Calitzdorp’s legacy, and Oupa Danie’s Swan Song is no exception. It’s a style that would have been produced the same way that Danie’s own grandfather would have made it: the crushed grapes were allowed to remain in contact with the skins for two days with an occasional punch-down. A little bit of wild ferment would be allowed to occur, before being fortified whilst still on the skins, with 96% proof spirit and then pressed.

Described locally as a visolie and diesel-grease style of Muscat, the wine has great viscosity, with evidence of the extended skin contact and influence of the dusty, red dirt of the Karoo. With a heady 250 grams of residual sugar, the wine could be expected to last for longer than humanity itself.

First planted by Danie as bush vines in the early 1980s and located next to the river in deep red soil, ideal for achieving good concentration in the Muscat grapes. The vineyard was kept nourished by way of flood irrigation, pumping good, clean water out of the Gamka.

Carel and Margaux were always quietly confident that the vines would survive tough times. The vineyard has already survived two floods and a minor drought. But the Gamka had now run dry for six years, and with just 40mm of rain during the 2017/2018 growing season, not even these hardy, stoic vines could survive.

It was the deep, alluvial clay soils of the Swartberg that would ironically be their downfall. The prolonged drought had caused the roots to fracture and split, as the ground compacted as hard as concrete but were still an impressive 3.5 metres deep when they were finally ripped out.

So, raise a glass to Oupa Danie. Farmer, aviator and legend of the Klein Karoo.

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£15.00inclusive of Duty and VAT

Limited stock, only 3 remaining

Some say that The Liberator conjures up images of a disguised, cloaked superhero, charging around the Winelands rescuing bottles in distress. But this is no Superman. He’s just plain Rick; a Cape crusader perhaps, but one where cloaks are exchanged for a rather tatty Harris Tweed jacket and any superhuman powers are substituted by a supposedly blessed palate. On his regular jaunts around the Cape, Rick is confounded by the number of great wines that are resigned to a tragic fate of being blended away or disposed of in bulk. It might be an occasional experimental batch, or possibly an interesting off-cut from some proud winemaker’s latest premium release. Whatever their provenance, it’s his mission as The Liberator to procure these precious vinous orphans and consign them to a better home. Inevitably, each wine discovered by The Liberator comes with its own story; a tale of its untimely existence. You’ll find that every release has its testimony recounted, in bottle and on screen, as a unique and evocative Episode.

Reference #:
22862
Strength
15.5 ABV
Bottles per Case
6 bottles
Grapes
Muscat (Moscato/Moscatel)
Organic
No
Biodynamic
No
Vegan
No
Vegetarian
No
Sparkling
No

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