Description

Tokara
Director’s Reserve White

 

 

DESCRIPTION:

• • This is a blend of 63% Sauvignon blanc and 37% Semillon.
  • It is made from grapes grown on the highest slopes of Tokara’s Stellenbosch property, which lies in the foothills of the Simonsberg Mountain Range.

 CROPPING AND HARVESTING:

• • The vines cropped between 7 and 10.0 tons per hectare.
  • The grapes were hand-picked at optimal flavor ripeness at sugars between 21.6 and 23.3 brix and acidities of 6.7 g/l to 8.5 g/l.

FOOD PAIRINGS: 

• • Best served with creamy seafood dishes or grilled white fish.

TASTING NOTES:

• • This wine displays a pale straw color with striking brilliance which catches the light.
  • The nose is complex, exhibiting attractive notes of gooseberry and pink grapefruit all intermingled with hints of lemongrass and lightly toasted almonds.
  • There is an underlying flintiness and graphitic note that affirms the contribution from the Semillon.
  • On the palate the wine enters full and rich reminiscent of the aromas on the nose.
  • The wine has amazing clarity and depth with a zesty persistence.

 

 

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