From Latin, \"so passes the glory of the world.\" Grown, selected, sorted, crushed, fermented, matured, and bottled in respect of natural processes. 372 bottles made.

• South Africa    Simonsberg    Simonsberg-Paarl

• 100%

  Mourvèdre

   

• Alcohol

    14.0%

• Certified sustainable

• Oak

    24 months in new French oak

• Production

    372 bottles

• Residual sugar

    2.5 g/l

<p>This wine was harvested by hand into 18kg lug boxes and sorted manually for consistency, and the removal of leaves from the bunches. The destemmed bunches were fermented in a 600 liter stainless steel tank with daily remontage and délestage. Given the ripeness achieved in 2010, great care was taken to avoid over-extraction and retain freshness and elegance. The wine is composed almost entirely of free run juice, hand pressing being used to gently obtain a small press fraction of less than 10% of the total volume. Following racking, the wine was matured for 36 months in a 300 liter French oak barrel. Prior to bottling, the wine was fined with the whites of four eggs.</p>