Description
IN THE VINEYARDS
The Lighthouse Collection was created to entice the palate with all the special qualities brought to you by a cool climate wine, while being more approachable and accessible in its youth. As an ode to the treacherous yet extraordinary Cape coast, a lighthouse was built at the Benguela Cove winery, overlooking the vineyards, Bot River lagoon and Atlantic Ocean. This rosé champions Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc as signature grapes for this cool terroir and the vineyards were managed and farmed to preserve freshness and aromatics for the making of rosé.
Cultivars: Syrah 67%, Cabernet Franc 28%, Sauvignon Blanc 5%
Slope: North and west-facing vineyards
Soil: Predominantly clay with high water retention capacity
Clones: SH12, SB316
PERSONALITY
While fostering the essence of Provence-style rosé’s that are known for balance and class, it also captures that quintessential cool-climate elegance and freshness. Syrah adds fullness and plush red fruit, Cabernet Franc adds perfume and floral notes while Sauvignon Blanc adds tension, and stone fruit notes whilst framing the wine with a distinctive acidity.
IN THE CELLAR
All grapes are handpicked and a whole bunch is pressed to keep colour and tannin extraction to a minimum. Syrah and Cabernet Franc grapes for the rosé production are picked earlier and is blended with a 5% Sauvignon Blanc component which ripens at the same time. Pressed together as whole bunches to limit the extraction of colour the blended juice undergoes a co-fermentation to prompt the desired layers of aroma. To ensure further quality, only free-run juice was cold fermented with selected yeast strains.
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