Springfontein Wine Estate Daredevils' Drums Blushes Inverse Natural Blanc de Pinotage 2022 - White Pinotage

The name “Blushes Inverse” reflects that this white wine is made from red Pinotage grapes. No charcoal was used to strip the colour, as is usually done when white wine is made from red grapes. Fully ripe grapes were selected, harvested by hand, and pressed in whole bunches. The juice underwent controlled oxidation to brown colour, carefully removing any pink-color pigments present. The juice was fermented in 600-litre egg fermenters and small barriques with indigenous yeast. During fermentation, the brown colour drops out, resulting in a beautiful peach to light golden colour. The wine went through 100 % malolactic fermentation and then matured for 18 months in 20 % first-fill, 40 % second-fill and 40 % egg-shaped fermenters.