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Radford Dale

Radford Dale Thirst Cinsault 2017 Good Wine Shop
21 January 2019 In

Radford Dale Thirst Cinsault

Thirst are refreshing, lower alcohol, lower sulphur, naturally-made wines, with minimal intervention. We have not stripped them of any natural components and they are neither fined nor filtered and can show an amazing haze. Why? Thirst wines are like a live rock concert rather than a manufactured, boy band studio album. Our aim is to express their environment, their varieties and vintage, in the most natural way. Our simple logic is the less you manipulate a wine, the better it is -and we therefore capture its integrity, energy and individuality.

The Cinsault vines were planted in 1989 and are grown on sandy soils lining the banks of the Moddergat River. They are bush vines and keep fruit within the canopy, away from direct sunlight. There is no irrigation in this vineyard so it produces a small crop but one with lovely concentration and we harvested early during ripening to retain maximum freshness.
In the cellar, semi-carbonic maceration methods were used during the natural fermentation, resulting in a wonderfully perfumed fruit expression.

FOOD PAIRING

Springbok / Beef Carpaccio

Radford Dale Thirst White 2017 Good Wine Shop
11 June 2019 In

Radford Dale Thirst Clairette Blanche

Thirst is a refreshing, lower alcohol, naturally-made wine, with minimal intervention. We have not stripped it of any natural components and it is neither fined nor filtered. Why? Thirst is a live rock concert rather than a manufactured, boy band studio album. Our aim to express its environment, the varietal and the vintage, in the most natural way. Our simple logic is, the less you manipulate the wine, the better it is, and we therefore capture its integrity, energy and individuality.

The single, old vineyard that produces the grapes for this distinctive wine grows in the crunchy, decomposed granite soil of the Polkadraai area in Stellenbosch.

Although the actual age of the vines is unknown, one look at their gnarled structure will confirm their veteran status. The sprawling growth pattern is supported by only one foliage wire and so the bunches ripen in relatively shady conditions. This enhances the fresh citrus expression of the wine while retaining a bracing acidity. As with all of our wines, the grapes are harvested by hand and then hand sorted, to ensure only the purest, healthiest fruit is used. The grapes are then destemmed and crushed, but instead of immediate pressing and separation of the juice from the skins the juice is left to macerate on the skins for a few days. This builds texture and palate weight in the wine and imparts an interesting pithy note. Just before alcoholic fermentation kicks off, the wine is pressed and transferred to stainless steel vats for spontaneous natural fermentation. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration to preserve every nuance of its varietal and terroir expression.

FOOD PAIRING

Salads / Cheese

Radford Dale Thirst Gamay Noir 2017 Good Wine Shop
21 January 2019 In

Radford Dale Thirst Gamay Noir

Thirst Gamay is a refreshing, lower naturally-made wine, with minimal intervention. We have not stripped it of any natural components and it is neither fined nor filtered. Why? Thirst is a live rock concert rather than a manufactured, boy band studio album. Our aim to express its environment, the varietal and the vintage, in the most natural way. Our simple logic is, the less you manipulate the wine, the better it is, and we therefore capture its integrity, energy and individuality.

Only 8 hectares of Gamay are planted in South Africa and this vineyard is situated in Stellenbosch on a South East-facing slope.

Low, single wire trellising and the sprawling growth of the variety mean that grapes are carried within the canopy, which shelters the thin skinned bunches from too much direct sunlight, thus conserving natural acidity and freshness.

This vineyard is 21 years old so yields are small, as can be expected from a vineyard of this age. We picked early but with optimum ripeness. In the cellar, whole bunch carbonic maceration methods were used during the fermentation, then the grapes were basket pressed resulting in a wonderfully perfumed fruit expression. No oak used at all.

FOOD PAIRING

Cured meats / Charcuterie

Radford Dale Winery of Good Hope Bush Vine Chenin Blanc 2018 Good Wine Shop
21 January 2019 In

Radford Dale Winery of Good Hope Bush Vine Chenin Blanc

IN THE VINEYARD

These Chenin Blanc bush vines are situated on the gravelly slopes and extensively decomposed granite soils of the Helderberg where they benefit from the cooling maritime breezes of False Bay .

IN THE CELLAR

Separate parcels are picked by hand at different level of ripeness in order to build good complexity of acidity, fruit, depth and minerality. Each parcel contributes something different to the whole and this gives us a range of options when considering the blend. Cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks one part with natural yeast (favouring fruit enhancement), the other part inoculated. The juice was kept on lees for 9 months, with occasional battonnage to enhance palate weight and texture of the wine. The components were blended prior to bottling, whilst still on the lees, to allow total integration of the final wine before preparing for bottling. Minimal fining prior to filtration was maintained throughout. The focus here is on flavour retention and fruit definition, while maintaining the lovely refreshing character for which this wine has become known.

FOOD PAIRING

Salads / Grilled prawns / Risotto

Radford Dale Winery of Good Hope Whole Berry Pinotage 2018 Good Wine Shop
20 June 2019 In

Radford Dale Winery of Good Hope Full Berry Fermentation Pinotage

IN THE VINEYARD

Two remarkable old vineyards were chosen for this interesting example of Pinotage. The first, planted on the slopes of Klapmutskop outside Stellenbosch brings ripe, full and fleshy fruit notes. The second vineyard comes from the Voor Paardeberg, where the sandy, granite soils produce wine with lovely tension and superb texture. The 2018 was another hot vintage for us with long dry days and warm nights. At harvest, all grapes were hand-picked into small lug-bins, before passing over our sorting table.

IN THE CELLAR

Everything was destemmed (but not crushed) into a large fermenter, so all the berries stayed whole to carry out carbonic maceration, then cold soaking took place for a short duration. Our priority is always on developing elegance & fruitiness and avoiding bitterness and harsh tannins for which Pinotage is notorious. We also wanted to retain the underlying spicy minerality from the local soils. Relatively short fermentation took place over a week, solely draining the free-run juice. No pressings were used whatsoever, again with elegance in mind. The wine was matured in a stainless steel tank using the natural CO2 content in the wine, on the lees to act as protection. We added no sulphur in tank leaving us the luxury of bottling without fining or sterile filtration and allowing all the juicy fruit flavours, the rich colour and berry ripeness to stay in the bottle.

FOOD PAIRING

Any Meat!

Radford Dale Winery of Good Hope Mountainside Syrah 2017 Good Wine Shop
21 January 2019 In

Radford Dale Winery of Good Hope Mountainside Syrah

IN THE VINEYARDS

Two mature, trellised, mountainside vineyards, planted with a variety of clones produce this Syrah. Overlooking False Bay, the vines enjoy the cooling influence of the famous Cape Doctor (the prevailing South Easterly wind) during summertime. The rocky, gravelly nature of the soil promotes the production of balanced, finely textured wines which show restrained fruit and interesting spice and fynbos notes.

IN THE CELLAR

Grapes were hand harvested, crushed and destemmed into large stainless steel fermenters where cold soaking was employed for several days on the skins to promote fruitiness, colour and flavour. Cool, spontaneous fermentation and a quick removal from skins after its completion was chosen as opposed to warm fermentation and extended post fermentation skin contact which would have led to over extraction. Pump-overs were limited to one or two a day depending on the phase of fermentation and this has resulted in the extraction of soft tannins and a lithe texture. Half of the wine was matured in older French oak barrels (3rd, 4th and 5th fill) for 6 months and assembled with the tank matured half before bottling.

FOOD PAIRING

Casserole, fillet steak, tomato based pasta dishes.

Radford Dale Winery of Good Hope Unoaked Chardonnay 2018 Good Wine Shop
20 June 2019 In

Radford Dale Winery of Good Hope Unoaked Chardonnay

IN THE VINEYARD

A blend of Chardonnay from two complementary locations. The first, smallest component, comes from Ocean-facing Helderberg vineyards; the second from the Robertson Valley. Each vineyard contributes a complementary and entirely different facet to the eventual blend. The fruit from Stellenbosch has more depth, weight and fruit concentration while the Robertson grapes are grown on limestone soils, which inject a citrus zing, freshness and minerality into the wine.

IN THE CELLAR

Separate parcels were picked individually at varying degrees of ripeness in order to build good complexity of acidity, fruit, depth and minerality. The grapes were vinified with minimum skin contact, using free run juice only. Cool fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks, one part with wild natural yeast, the other with neutral yeast (favouring fruit enhancement). No oaking took place at all. The juice was kept in tank on its lees for 6 months, with occasional battonnage. The components were then blended relatively early to ensure integration and stability of individual varietal freshness. The main focus is always on fruit retention, natural amplification of flavours and texture through maturation on primary lees. The natural minerality and acidity gives this wine the lovely refreshing character for which it has become known.

FOOD PAIRING

Roast Chicken

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