Eye of the Tiger Le Beton 2021

Bright and youthful, flashes of yellow-gold add to the intensity adding to the beautiful silence of the wine, whispering, and not shouting plush aromas. The wine is guarded in its youth, sharing only gentle nuances of bruised orange peel, lemon, white pepper, pear, acacia, and frangipani. The same tension presents on the palate with a taut medley of green plum, apple, and quince and a subtle hint of saffron. At its core, the wine is still to bud into a broader style as nuances like honeysuckle, lanolin, marmalade, and beeswax will add more tertiary characteristics with bottle age.

From 48 year old bush vines in Durbanville. The grapes were hand-picked and crushed, after which cold settling of the juice occurred for two days. 30% of the juice was fermented in barrel, the balance in stainless steel tank. After consolidation of the two portions in tank, 1600 liters were transferred to a Cellier concrete egg with a Tiger’s Eye outer finish. The wine underwent spontaneous malolactic fermentation “le beton”, after which it was allowed for an additional 8 months to mature and develop