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Veiled Vineyards Old Vine Semillon 2016

13.5% abv

Vol- 75cl

‘A complex nose of honeyed white peaches, orange peel, fresh fennel, dried green herbs, waxy yellow citrus, lanolin and melted butter. The palate is impressively detailed, loaded with green pear, white citrus, baking spices, a touch of fresh fennel and a green leafy sapidity before nuances of bergamot and wet river pebble minerality’.

Preserving old vines has become a crusade for many in South Africa and this wine, which is from two historic vineyards planted in 1942 and 1962, is part of the process. This Old Vine Semillon, was unearthed to showcase Franschhoek Semillon, one of the most important varieties in the region. Part of the uniqueness of this wine is how Mother Nature simply decided that some of the Semillon would naturally mutate to Semillon Gris and these grapes were co-fermented to celebrate this unique phenomenon. The wine was also aged for several years in bottle and has now been released seven years later to allow the potential of Semillon to be truly expressed. The grapes were whole bunch pressed, followed by spontaneous primary fermentation. The majority of the lees went into 3rd fill French oak, where the wine underwent no malolactic fermentation and with no bâtonnage. After ten months aging in oak and a further six months aging in stainless steel, the wine was bottled. Only 1100 bottle were made.

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£30.00inclusive of Duty and VAT

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Veiled Vineyards is a project to unearth wines made in secret, by maverick winemakers in hidden cellars, or rare parcels previously destined to be blended, now set free to express their unique individuality and story.

Reference #:
16959
Strength
13.5 ABV
Bottles per Case
6 bottles
Grapes
Semillon
Organic
No
Biodynamic
No
Vegan
No
Vegetarian
No
Sparkling
No

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Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly.
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Deliveries are normally between 09.00 and 17.00 Tuesday to Friday and a signature is required on receipt of delivery. (We do not ship on a Friday for Monday delivery unless specifically requested to do so).

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If you are out a card is left, with an instruction to call the local depot to re-arrange delivery. Alternatively, you can inform us to “leave safe”, “leave with a neighbour”, “leave in garage” etc. and we will pass this information onto the courier. Please remember that, in accordance with our Terms & Conditions, alcohol will only be left with persons over 18 Years Old.

A shipping confirmation email will be sent when your order has been processed and shipped. You will be sent a text with a delivery time slot and a consignment number along with instructions on how to amend this if required.

We use Mailsafe packaging and double walled cardboard boxes for secure shipping of all bottles. Clear labelling marked FRAGILE is applied and all our despatches.

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IV 3 to 11, IV14 to 28, IV 40 & IV 51 to 54, IV 63. KW 1 to 3 & KW 5 to 14. PH 33 to 41

 

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