Moveable Feast Red Blend
Apellation: Overberg
Wine making process
Each vineyard was hand picked at optimal phenological ripeness, then gently destemmed to individual open top fermenters and cold soaked for 6-10 days. 15-20% whole clusters were kept. Natural fermentation lasted 5-7 days, free run was drained directly to barrel and the skins pressed using a traditional basket press after 10-14 days of post fermentation maceration. Malolactic fermentation occurred naturally in barrel. Matured for 26 months in barrel. The individual batches were racked between 2 and 4 times. Each individual barrel is tasted and multiple blending trials were conducted to craft this estate blend. Bottled on 4 June 2021.
Tasting note
Showing distinctive Drift Estate aromas of mulberry, blackberry and plum interwoven with garden herbs and fynbos floral notes, this wine stands for the signature of this estate.
Type of Wine
Red Blend.
Varieties
Syrah, Tannat, Malbec & Touriga Nacional.
Food pairings
Go Complex – a wine with so much going on! It loves complex dishes with different textures and flavours – from hearty lamb stew to spicey Bouillabaisse. Slow oven-baked aubergine, garlic and parsnip medleybring out the nuanced, layers of black fruit and mountain herbs in the wine.