Constantia Glen Two 2018

Clear and bright with a light gold colour, tinged with lime green.

Restrained and elegant with a top herbal note and delicate aromas of grapefruit, lime and white blossom. The floral notes delineating towards elderflower and fresh herbs. The wine is tightly wound in its youth but shows absolute fruit purity as well as some waxy and citrus notes, which will integrate and develop into a very refined wine.

This vintage shows incredible freshness, fruit concentration and depth, but remains restrained and elegant with stony mineral nuances. The 2018 blend has a remarkable acidity and crystalline structure that is beautifully balanced a mouth-coating creamy texture on the palate,
brought about by barrel fermentation and maturation on the lees for 7 months. The 32% Sémillon contributes weight, texture and richness making this a truly harmonious blend with an intriguing saline quality that lingers well onto your next sip. This is a classic Constantia
White that will further develop in the bottle to gain even more complexity with maturation for 10 to 15 years under ideal cellaring conditions.

The grapes used to make this wooded Constantia white wine are specially selected from the best vineyard blocks on the estate. These grapes are handpicked and the juice is fermented in 600 litre demi-muids. With the desire to experiment and improve on our efforts every year,
we included 7% of amphora-aged Sauvignon Blanc. Furthermore, about 50% of the grapes for this wine were whole-bunch pressed, instead of being crushed and destemmed prior to pressing. The wine was matured on the gross lees for 7 months in 600 litre barrels, of which
17% were new and the remainder of the barrels ranged from 2nd to 6th fill. Careful use of neutral French oak as well as 10% Austrian oak, 8% French Acacia and 7% clay-amphora ensures that the wine has depth and texture with only a small influence of oak notable on the
nose. The final blend consists of 68% Sauvignon Blanc, which provides the acidity and backbone, with 32% Sémillon contributing to the weight, richness and texture of the wine.