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Kleine Zalze Project Z Grenache is a South African red wine made from 100% Grenache. The 2020 vintage is part of the second release of Project Z wines.
Kleine Zalze is a a South African winery situated in the heart of the Cape Winelands and the history of winemaking there can be traced back as far as 1695. However, the modern history of the estate began when Kobus Basson and his family bought the property in 1996, and there was a large stride forward. In 1996 the estate was scientifically mapped to find the best terroir for different grape varieties and seventeen years of subsequent investment have seen Kleine Zalze become one of the most highly regarded wineries in South Africa. In September 2022 ownership passed to French-owned AdVini, a world-renowned French wine company, thereby beginning a new chapter for Kleine Zalze Wines.
The winery achieved new heights in 2020 by being named Top Performing Winery of the Year by Platter’s South African Wine Guide, which is the South African bible. More recently, Kleine Zalze won four Double Golds and the Best Achiever award at the highly acclaimed Veritas Awards 2022.
Kleine Zalze’s Project Z range of wines is a that allows the estate’s winemakers free reign to interact with nature, to search for the ultimate expression from a vineyard and to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation in order to keep growing and evolving. As well as this superb Grenache, there is also a Project Z Chenin Blanc, Chenin Blanc Skin Contact, Syrah and Sweet Fortified wine.
The grapes for the Kleine Zalze Project Z Grenache are sourced from an old bush-vine vineyard in the cool-climate region of Darling on the Cape West Coast. Growing untamed and unbridled in sandy soils and subjected to the maritime airflow off the Atlantic Ocean, the vineyard was selected for its ability to grow grapes offering a superior expression of the site’s unique geography.
After harvest, the 100% Grenache grapes are whole bunch fermented in Italian clay amphorae and stainless-steel tanks with a further 12 months of maturation in an amphora and seasoned oak barrels for the respective components. Captures the essence of this unique vineyard in a red wine of singular personality exuding freshness, focus and texture.
741 bottles of the 2020 produced.
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