Dye Bleeding Skin Contact Grenache Gris

A skin contact wine oozing with finesse from Franschhoek

Country, Region: South Africa, Paarl

Grape: Grenache Gris

Vintage: 2023

ABV: 13%

Food friend: Pork

Tasting Notes

Producer details

In the vineyard

In the winery

Food Recommendations

Considering the skin contact fermentation it takes a great deal of skill to produce a wine with such clarity and brightness. Beautifully pale pink in colour, the palate is initially one of fresh strawberries before a very smart, pithy finish.

Strange Kompanjie Unlimited is a casual band of happy ferments. A circus tent of the Cape's stranger grapes and blends. They champion the unfashionable, experiment with the known and express the found before it gets lost. Strange Kompanjie is a cultivar club for the underdog.

Harvested from Grenache Gris

Skin fermented (naturally) until dry. The wine was then pressed and matured in 400 litre ceramic eggs for 7 months.

It pairs beautifully with a sunny evening in the garden but if you want food to go with it, pork with a fennel crust would be a delight.

								
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