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Pale straw in colour, star-bright and with a subtle greenish hue, this wine boasts beautiful aromas of fresh peach and honeysuckle – accented by a hint of jasmine. The palate bursts with freshness, featuring crisp acidity and vibrant fruit flavours that linger into a fresh, lemony finish.
Perfect for enjoying immediately, this wine will continue to develop beautifully over the next three years.
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Alvi's Drift winery takes its name from the low-water bridge over the Breede River which cuts through the family farm. Albertus Viljoen "Oupa Alvi" van der Merwe was instrumental in having this bridge built back in 1930.
Oupa Alvi’s son Bertie started wine production on the family farm and today Bertie’s son, Alvi’s Drift winemaker Alvi van der Merwe produces the winery’s award-winning South African wines, enjoyed by wine lovers around the globe.
The wines in our Signature range are true to our winery’s trademark, fruit-driven style. These outstanding wines offer wine lovers exceptional value – in the words of Alvi’s Drift winemaker, Alvi van der Merwe, “think ‘great’, for the price of good!”.
SIGNATURE RANGE
With an ideal Mediterranean microclimate, an abundance of soil diversity and water from the life-giving Breede River, the Alvi’s Drift vineyards are ideally positioned for producing remarkable South African wines of unique character and complexity.
Our vineyards are sustainably fertilised with natural compost produced on our farm. Come harvest time, our grapes are selectively hand harvested in the cool, early morning hours to ensure optimal quality and flavour.
In the Alvi’s Drift cellar, our winemaking team strongly focuses on preserving the fruit-driven expression of the grapes that go into our award-winning South African wines.
Only premium free-run juice of the highest quality is used to create this unwooded, fruit-driven wine. To ensure maximum flavour retention, clarified juice was cold fermented after which the wine spent several months on lees, before fining and stabilisation.
"I’ve always loved our Chenin Blancs. We have a very old clone of Chenin Blanc rootstock that does really well for us. Terroir, soils, different rootstocks are all extremely important, but picking grapes at optimal ripeness, and then being clear about your vision, your end goal for the product – there is nothing more important than that."
- Alvi van der Merwe -
