Pilgrimage - Palomino 2024
- Wine: Palomino
- Vintage: 2024
- Release: Limited Release
A quiet homage to the unknown and the winding roads we walk, Pilgrimage marks our journey into exceptional old-vine whites. Sourced from gnarly, 62-year-old Palomino vines that have breathed the Klein Karoo air far longer than we have, this wine tells a story of deep roots and resilience. The wine possesses a sensory arc of evolution. On the palate, it reveals a textured, saline minerality balanced by crisp green orchard fruit, bruised pear, and a delicate, almond-skin nuttiness that lingers with quiet complexity.
- Vineyard: Single-Vineyard Selection (62 year-old vines). 100% Palomino.
- Fermentation: Hand-selected 75% whole-bunch pressed & 25% destemmed with 20-hour skin contact. Fermented separately until dry.
- Extraction: No punch-downs or pour-overs undertaken.
- Pressing: Basket-pressed immediately (whole-bunches) & after 20-hours (destemmed portion).
- Aging: Alcoholic fermentation finished in barrel for both portions, then blended & matured for 19 months in neutral French oak, followed by 4 months in the bottle before release.
- Intervention: Unfined and Unfiltered.
- Production: Extremely limited (270 bottles / 45 cases total).
- Varietal: Palomino
- Alcohol: 12.5%
- pH: 3.42
- Titratable Acidity: 5.0g/l
- Residual Sugar: 2.7g/l
- Volatile Acidity: 0.27g/l