Tasting Notes
Just over 1000 bottles produced of this Stellenbosch Semillon that incorporates 30% skin contact for 10 days with stems and all, and 70% whole bunches pressed to old oak for fermentation and ageing. Lightly golden and really quite savoury, with a hint of orange on the nose, apple and spice, with white pepper too and dried orange rind spiked through it too. There's stem ginger on the palate and it's immensely vibrant too - textural and exotic, savoury, yet fresh too.
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From the Platter Guide's Newcomer of the Year 2022, The Vineyard party is one of South Africa's most exciting new brands and micro-producers! Produced by Jolette Steyn, her maiden 2018 releases focus on two Semillons from the same Stellenbosch vineyard produced with some more unusual vinification techniques. Jolette seeks out sustainably farmed vineayards that prioritise biodiversity, and works with avant-garde, low intervention techniques in the cellar. Both unusually named wines come with wonderful stories behind them too. "I'm your Huckleberry" has two meanings: it is a phrase from a nineties Western, called Tombstone, and a particular scene where Val Kilmer's character shows up to a duel and delivers this line. It signifies acceptance of a challenge, saying 'I'm the one you're looking for'; 'Call me, I'll answer'; 'Tell me where, I'll show up/I'll be there', 'I'm it'. So, in part, it's a chat between Sémillon and herself, saying 'Let's do this, let's be there, let's show up!' It was also the name of a black Labrador whom Jolette loved dearly, and part of the team of her favourite and most influential harvest team in a small town called Lompoc in California.