Raaigras Grenache 2021

Sublime single-vineyard grenache from very old vines. Aromatic with floral notes and ripe to sun-baked red fruit. Refined on the palate with dark fruit, minerality, wild herbs and spices, elegant tannins and impressive length.

Delicious with barbecue, dishes with red meat, feathered game, grilled vegetables and hard cheeses.

Appellation Swartland

Grape variety grenache

Style Rich & Exuberant

Format 750 ml

Available

€42.30

The winemaker

Winemaker	Country	Region
A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines	South Africa	Swartland

About the winemaker A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines is the farm of Adi and his cousin Hein on the Paardeberg in Swartland South Africa. Adi is one of the most talked about winemakers of this area and, together with Eben Sadie, is seen as the pioneers of this popular wine region in South Africa. It was they who put this region on the map with wines from old vineyards and of a uniquely high level. Adi now cultivates a large area of vineyards and only the best vineyards are used for the famous Single-Vineyard wines. He works in the vineyards and cellar in a "baie-logical" way with respect for grape, nature and terroir.

Vineyard management Practising organics

Details

Vineyard	Vineyard (0.86 hectare, 12 rows wide) with a southeast orientation and a weathered granite soil, planted in 1952 on the Kalmoesfontein farm. They say this is the oldest Grenache vineyard in South Africa. Very low yields.
Vinification	The fruit is being cooled down and then completely destemmed and fermented in concrete tanks and pumped over once daily for extraction. After pressing, a maturation for 12 months in barrels of 500L. The wine is then bottled unfiltered.
Vintage	2021
Oak aging	Partially
Ageing potential	up to 8 years after harvest
Alcohol percentage	13.5%
Closure	Natural cork