Modern wine-making techniques and improvements in vineyard practices have brought the quality of wines in South Africa on leaps and bounds in the decades since the end of apartheid. The vines used in the production of this wine are on average 25 years old and all the grapes were harvested by hand. After pressing, the wine is left for four hours with contact on the skins to extract the maximum amount of flavour and body, after which it is then left to settle overnight. The clear juice is racked off the lees into a temperature controlled fermentation vessel. By keeping the liquid cool throughout the fermentation process you are able to retain the maximum amount of fresh fruit characteristics and it is this technique which allows this wine to retain that flavour.