Riesling 'Elgin', Moya Meaker 2023

• 100% Riesling, planted in 2006 • West-facing slope and the densely planted vines are seated on ancient Bokkeveld shale soils; rich in clay • Hand harvested in the early morning and chilled even further overnight • 100% destemmed fruit before loaded by gravity into the press • 6 hour skin contact was done in a sealed press, before gently pressed • Two days of settling took place in concrete tanks before racked to stainless steel vessels for fermentation, which lasted 37 days • Bottled after 5 months of lees contact, with another 13 months of bottle aging