Black Elephant Vintners Two Dogs a Peacock and a Horse Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Type: White
Country: South Africa
Region: Franschoek Valley
Grape Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc

Climate: Warm continental climate
Winemaking: Each vineyard is harvested and vinified separately to ensure maximum complexity. All our fruit are hand-picked in the early morning and handled reductively to preserve the integrity of the fruit. After destemming a period of skin contact is allowed according to chemical analysis, phenolic and flavour ripeness. A light pressing is followed by 3days of cold settling to clarify the juice. A maximum of 600l/ton is recovered at this stage. Each vineyard is inoculated with selected yeast to match its flavour profile. Fermentation lasts for 21-30 days at 13-16°C. 2 Months of full lees contact, with regular stirring, is allowed post-fermentation to add richness and texture to the wine. The components are then blended and stabilized prior to bottling. Matured for 2 months on its primary lees with batonage weekly

Color: Translucent with a bright green hue
Nose: The nose is opulent and bursts with a cocktail of fruits, showing aromas of peach, passionfruit, pear, and litchi
Palate: The palate is lively and concentrated with flavours of melon, tropical fruits, gooseberry, and creamy richness from the extended lees contact and lingers with vibrant acidity and minerality

About the Winery:
Located in the drop-dead gorgeous Franschhoek Valley, Black Elephant Vintners was born out of synchronicity, fortuitous friendships and a love for wine. Kevin Swart, Raymond Ndlovu and Jacques Wentzel joined skill and grit in an endeavour to bring fun into serious winemaking and to demystify the winemaking process to all enthusiasts.

By eliminating the pomp and pressure commonly associated with wine and applying their raw passion, they created a range of wines with a unique character that appeals to different desires, tastes and occasions – wine for real people.