Newton Johnson Family Vineyards 2019

Name: Newton Johnson Family Vineyards 2019
Brand: Newton Johnson
SKU: 257
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Newton Johnson, WO Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley (South Africa). Vines 14–16 years old in the upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, at 220–290 metres altitude. Decomposed granite over iron-rich clay subsoil; soil depth 70–130 cm. 100% Pinot Noir.

Grapes transported in large-surface crates to limit pressure on bunches. Day's harvest cooled overnight to 8 °C. Bunches sorted on a conveyor, destemmed and dropped to the fermenter (a discretionary percentage of whole bunches per plot). Cold maceration 5–6 days at 8–10 °C. Fermented with indigenous yeasts; only pigeage for extraction. Total skin contact 15–25 days before pressing. Malolactic fermentation and maturation in barrel. Minimal sulphur added before fermentation.

Newton Johnson Family Vineyards 2019

Esta bodega de Sudáfrica produce este tinto en la denominación de origen Western Cape South Coast, específicamente en la subzona WO Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. La añada es 2019 y la uva es 100% Pinot Noir, cultivada en viñas de entre 14 y 16 años situadas en la parte superior del valle, entre 220 y 290 metros de altitud. El suelo se compone de granito descompuesto sobre un subsuelo arcilloso rico en hierro, con una profundidad que oscila entre 70 y 130 centímetros.

Las uvas se transportan en cajas de gran superficie y se enfrían durante la noche hasta 8 ºC antes de la selección en cinta. Tras el despalillado, la uva cae al fermentador con un porcentaje variable de racimos enteros según la parcela. Se realiza una maceración en frío durante 5 a 6 días a temperaturas de 8-10 ºC, seguida de una fermentación con levaduras autóctonas y extracción exclusiva mediante pigeage. El periodo total de maceración antes del prensado dura entre 15 y 25 días. El vino completa su proceso con una fermentación maloláctica y una maduración en barrica, manteniendo un uso mínimo de azufre antes de la fermentación.

El vino ofrece un perfil de Pinot Noir expresivo de una zona costera de Sudáfrica, definido por viñas sobre granito descompuesto y una vinificación delicada que preserva la integridad de la fruta mediante maceraciones controladas y fermentaciones naturales.

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Learn more about Newton Johnson

The winery's name is the two surnames of the founding couple: Felicity Newton and Dave Johnson. He is a Cape Wine Master and wrote his thesis on Pinot Noir, which fairly well anticipates what the house would end up specialising in.

They arrived in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde valley in 1995, built the cellar first and planted afterwards; the first bottle is from 1997. They did not buy the present farm until 2001, and it was virgin land. Today it is run by their sons Gordon and Bevan, with the winemaking in the hands of Gordon and his wife Nadia.

The valley is among the coolest places in South Africa: it sits close to the coast and is tempered by maritime winds, over a mosaic of granite, quartz and clay soils. The house bottles several single-vineyard Pinot Noirs precisely to show the differences between those granites.

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