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MR Vesperi 2024

MR Vesperi 2024

Sale price R 1,300.00

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Wine Information

MR Vesperi 2024:

ageing potential 10 years 

blend information 41% Chenin Blanc/ 37% Sauvignon Blanc/ 22% Semillon 

food suggestions Wild Oysters, Crayfish, White Fish, Veal, Semi hard  cheeses  

In The Cellar

MR Vesperi 2024:

Grapes are all hand harvested - left in a chiller overnight - then processed  the following day to further ferment separately. The Chenin Blanc was aged  in concrete, both the Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc were destemmed, skin  fermented for up to 7 days, basket pressed and then matured in older  French oak barrels for 9 months.  

After 9 months aging on lees - like with the MR de Compostella selection  process - we choose the best individual components in a blind tasting to  then thereafter blend them together in the cellar. The wine then naturally  settles for about 2 months before we rack and bottle the wine. The result  cuvee is called Vesperi (The Evening Star)

alc 13 | ph 3.27 | rs 3.95 | ta 5. 

Tasting

MR Vesperi 2024  

The cuvee presents a lovely bouquet with lemon curd, French patisserie, egg  whites and light waxy scents. The palate is very well balanced, with a touch  of spice on the tensile entry. Notes of orange rind, apricot and meringue fan  out nicely toward the fresh, textured, slightly honeyed finish that beckons  you back for more.  

POLKADRAAI HILLS

Raats Family Wines was one of the driving forces behind the establishment of Polkadraai Hills as an official ward within Stellenbosch in 2007.  With its unique decomposed dolomite granite soils, proximity to the ocean and south facing slopes it allows for great depth of quality terroir, making itself known as producing some of the most exciting wines in the country. 

“What I was after was purity, freshness and lower alcohol levels.  This is precisely what the decomposed dolomite soils of Polkadraai Hills provides. Refined elegance and sophistication.  Classical winemaking at its best.” Bruwer Raats

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