Nederburg Rose, Western Cape

Description

Nederburg Rose is a fruity, medium-dry style of South African Rosé and is a multi-varietal wine produced from grapes grown in the Paarl, Wellington, Durbanville, Stellenbosch and Darling wine producing areas. 

Nederburg is an historic wine company in South Africa and can trace it origins back to Philippus Wolvaart who arrived in South Africa in 1791 and laid the Foundations of Nederburg when he first started cultivating around 49 hectares of vines. The estate passed through many hands until 1937 when German brewer and tea specialist, Johann Graue, acquired the land. He introduced many technological cellar innovations, such as cold fermentation, and revolutionised winemaking in South Africa. He was succeeded by his son The Young Airhawk. Today Nederburg is owned by Distell, one of the largest wine and spirits producers in South Africa and Andrea Freeborough has been cellarmaster since 2015.

Nederburg Rose 2020 is a blend of 44% Shiraz, 22% Pinotage, 19% Grenache, 6% Cinsault, 6% Carignan and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes were sourced from vineyards in the Paarl, Wellington, Durbanville, Stellenbosch and Darling areas. The vines, planted between 1985 and 1995 at altitudes of 50m to 150m above sea level, are grown in a variety of soils and terroirs well suited to the cultivars. The vines received supplementary irrigation. The fruit for the Nederburg Rosé is hand and machine-harvested, crushed and allowed 4 to 6 hours of skin contact before pressing to extract the delicate pink colour and varietal aromas. Fermented in stainless steel.