Viento Wine

While studying winemaking at Stellenbosch University, the dream of starting my own wine brand began. After doing several harvests around South Africa, I headed to South America and that’s where Viento found me. After completing a harvest in Mendoza, Argentina, I finally found my inspiration in Patagonia, where I went to visit my family. 

When I arrived they handed me a book called ‘En las tierras del viento’ meaning ‘In the lands of the wind.’
It was then that I knew - Viento Wine was meant to be. This book was about my family and many other South African families who fled to South America in the early 1900’s. While I was there I also visited the birthplace of my grandfather, Sarmiento, which I only later discovered means, the ‘vine shoot’. 

When I arrived back in South Africa I felt a big part of myself still stuck ‘en las tierras del viento …’ in the lands of the wind. In the same way that a good wine needs to reflect the soil and the land that it’s from, so do I want to represent a little bit of where I’m from with Viento Wine.

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Chenin Blanc

Cinsault

White Blend

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Wine of Origin: Wellington
Cultivar: 100% Chenin Blanc
Vineyard:
Old bush vines planted in 1979 on Koffieklip soils in Wellington.
Winemaking:
Whole-bunch pressed and settled overnight. Naturally fermented and aged for 10 months on fine lees in a concrete egg. Filtered and bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Fresh, textural and true to old-vine Chenin character. Pure white stone fruit and fresh melon on the nose, underpinned by a subtle lees creaminess. The palate is calm and quietly confident, carried by well-integrated acidity and a clean, mineral finish. At its peak drinking window.

Wine of Origin: Western Cape 
Cultivar: 100% Cinsault
Vineyard:
The larger component from the Breedekloof Valley with predominantly sandy soils and a small portion from just outside Paarl with a more iron rich soil. 
Winemaking:
Natural fermentation in concrete, 15% whole bunch, remainder destemmed. Pressed off skins and aged for 11 months in concrete before filtration and bottling. A small portion of older french oak.
Tasting Notes:
Bright, red-fruited and gulpable. Cherry, redcurrant and pomegranate on the nose; fresh raspberry and a light savoury lift on the palate. Fine, silky tannin and refreshing acidity — a proper thirst-quenching red.

Wine of Origin: Paarl
Cultivars: Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne (Rhône-inspired blend)Vineyard:
Three vineyards from a single property on the outskirts of Paarl.
Winemaking:
One third of the Grenache Blanc fermented on skins for seven days, then pressed. The remaining two thirds were destemmed, pressed and fermented naturally, then blended with the skin-contact portion. Marsanne and Roussanne co-fermented in 400 L French oak barrels. All three components aged for nine months on lees before final blending.
Tasting Notes:
Textural, complex and layered. Notes of stone fruit, honeysuckle, beeswax and citrus zest, with a subtle grip from Grenache Blanc. Rich mid-palate, fresh acidity and a dry mineral finish.

Wine of Origin: Paarl
Cultivars: Shiraz, Grenache noir, Carignan (Rhône-inspired blend)Vineyard:
Shiraz from Paarl on koffieklip soils. The Grenache noir from the outskirts of Paarl from more weathered granite soils. The Carignan is from Wellington planted as bush vines.
Winemaking:
Each parcel fermented naturally with 10% - 15% whole bunch, remainder destemmed. Pressed off skins and aged for 16 months in older 225 L French oak barrels before final blending, filtration and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Layered and spice-driven. Dark berry, dried herbs, cracked black pepper and a note of forest floor from the whole-bunch component. Medium to full - bodied with fine-grained tannin and a savory finish that carries.

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Chenin Blanc

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