2025 L.A.S. Vino SBDB

Vineyard
A certified organic and biodynamic site located at the northern end of the Cape. For severalyears, the vineyard has been left completely unkept and unpruned, with no trellising in place.The vines sprawl freely across the landscape, while pigs, geese, guinea fowl and cows roamamongst them.The site faces north, with a small creek running through the centre of the vineyard. Native flowers and plants grow beneath the rows, with no herbicides or pesticides applied and no cultivation undertaken.The vineyard is dynamic in every sense of the word — biodynamic, ever-changing, and full of attitude, energy and new ideas. It is a site that may act as a catalyst for broader change within viticulture. In the current vintage, the vines were left unpruned, resulting in an incredibly low yield of just one tonne per hectare.
 
Winemaking
All fruit was hand-picked and cooled overnight. The following day, it was hand-sorted before a portion was pressed cold as whole bunches to preserve purity and line. Another portion was de-stemmed and left on skins for 24 hours in a cool room to build texture and flavour.The juice was then settled and fermented in a combination of clay amphora and large-format oak. The wine progressed through various stages of natural malolactic fermentation and was sulphured just prior to blending. The aim was to craft a beautifully balanced wine that captures and expresses the wild nature of the site.
 
Wine
Easily our favourite wine of 2025. It spent most of its life in barrel and amphora fermenting in constant flow. The wine doesn't taste like a traditional SB. It's built on the site more than the variety. It has texture, complexity, sea salt, lemon, lime, passionfruit and so much more.