Description
Notes from Alvi’s Drift
HERITAGE
In 1928, our family patriarch, Albertus Viljoen van der Merwe – “Alvi” to his friends – established a farm south of the town of Worcester, South Africa. Alvi’s son, Bertie, started wine production on the family farm and today the award-winning Alvi’s Drift wines are created by winemaker Alvi van der Merwe, Oupa Alvi’s grandson and namesake.
Our Albertus Viljoen Icon range showcases full-bodied, barrel-fermented wines of outstanding character and complexity.
The Wine
With an ideal Mediterranean microclimate, an abundance of soil diversity and water from the life-giving Breede River, the Alvi’s Drift vineyards are ideally positioned for producing remarkable wines of singular complexity and character. Harvested from our very best, older Alvi’s Drift vineyards, the Chardonnay grapes for this wine were grown in the limestone-rich soils found on the banks of the Breede River.
In The Cellar
To create this wine, Chardonnay grapes are carefully selected for their unique characteristics from our prime, well-established Alvi’s Drift vineyards. After whole-bunch pressing, grape juice is 100% barrel fermented in both new and used French oak, with wild yeast fermentation applied. After alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, the wine is barrel-matured in 70% new French oak barrels for 12 months, with regular bâtonnage applied. After
maturation, wine from each barrel is individually tasted before blending, in order to showcase the character and complexity of both terroir and vintage.
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