BonaFide–2018–Crystallum

Bona Fide 2018 by Peter-Allan Finlayson of Crystallum is a 100% Pinot Noir grown in the Walker Bay in South Africa. Buy it online on Cave Pur jus.

100% Pinot Noir, from young, 12-year-old vines planted on clay and slate soils in the Hemel-en-Aarde region, and cultivated using sustainable agriculture methods. High planting density, nearly 8000 vines per hectare. Harvesting by hand. Vinification: 50% whole grape bunches, four weeks of maceration, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, gentle extraction, 11 months of maturation in barrels, with 20% new oak. Neither fined nor filtered, and sparing use of sulphites.