Brookdale Wines

Brookdale Twenty Field Blend

R465

Per Bottle

The 2024 season in Paarl will be remembered for its highly wet and cold winter and spring, during which flooding occurred and infrastructure was damaged. With the arrival of summer, the weather changed to very dry and windy conditions, which affected crop size. January was hot, which brought the harvest forward. Due to these weather conditions, the region experienced much variation between farms, cultivars, and yields.

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RED FIELD BLEND

The Twenty is comprised of 20 varietals, interplanted as bush vines without rhyme or reason. We wanted to explore the naturally occurring microclimates and profile of a wine that is a true South African field blend, as nature might have intended if she were a winemaker.

By doing so, we have recaptured the lost art of field blend winemaking. A wine of character, intrigue, and incredible flavour, this wine is a perfect evolution for the Brookdale Estate Wine Range.

THOUGHTS & REFLECTIONS

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TASTING NOTES

Garrigue, lavender flowers and stemmy spice unfold, petal-like, each scent demanding its moment. Salted red plum, blueberry, mulberry emerge along a thrill of white pepper. Blood orange freshness opens the palate, ushering in red-fruited exuberance of cherries, strawberries, berries; an undertow of earthy pomegranate trailing to a tangy, saline finish. Energetic and coiled this will continue to develop for years to come.

WINEMAKING

A celebration of the lost art of field blend winemaking; 20 red varietals were inter-planted as bush vines on decomposed shale and granite. The grapes were picked at 2 different stages due to the variability of the grapes. The fruit was pre-cooled, then crushed and destemmed before spontaneous fermentation in open fermenters. Pump overs and two punch downs were done daily. After fermentation, the wine spent 7 days on skins before being basket pressed into a concrete egg and 500L French Oak barrels; 15% being new wood. Wine stayed in barrel for 12 months, was then blended and spent 4 months in bottle before release.