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Crafted Dry White Blend 2005
Western Cape
When the term “everyday drinking wine” is used for the undistinguished or downright dull, Noon Gun is better described as a great wine you can afford to drink everyday. Simply sensational value from an eclectic range of grape varieties.
Recommended in Wine Spectator – June 2005 – “Bouncy mix of peach, nectarine and lemon peel flavours, with a crisp, refreshing finish. Weisser Riesling, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and others. Drink now”.
Blending our Noon Gun each year is a like trying to paint a serene landscape with brightly coloured paint. Each component has been so carefully fermented and cared for that each has it’s own wonderful, attention-demanding character. Somehow we have to coax these spirited, individualistic expressions of the land into team players.
We do this by working harder in the vineyard and each year learning more about how each vineyard block reacts to the pressures of climatic stress.
We want to create a wine that could not be made in any other cellar – it must have a special Flagstone character. We do this by keeping our ferments small-scale and by pushing each ferment to the limits of its quality potential. No wine is considered for Noon Gun unless it is able to stand alone as a characterful, high quality, individual wine.
Varietals: Weisser Riesling,37%, Chenin Blanc 36%, Sauvignon Blanc 9%, Chardonnay 9%, Pinot Blanc7%, Semillon 1%, Morio Muscat 1%
Tasting Description:
Zippy, refreshing, citrus fruit aromas with a twist of cool mint on the nose. The palate combines body, racy structure and refreshing flavours of lemon zest, orange and the florality of apple blossom.
Vintage: Alc: 13 % RS: 3.27 TA: 5.47 pH: 3.53
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