Ashbourne Sandstone 2023 (Case 6 x 75cl)
Case price equivalent to £16 per bottle
Region Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, South Africa
Vintage 2023
Bottle size 75cl
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Semillon
ABV 13%
This is an innovative white blend that captures the most beautiful possible expression of the sandstone-derived soils in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Free by design of excessively dramatic varietal fruit, the focus of the wine is on bright, hard minerality, salinity and vibrant natural acidity, coated by a full and gentle viscosity derived from a unique endemic yeast and the method of vinification, not from high alcohol. Nearly three decades of family experience have gone into this blend.
Named after Anthony Hamilton Russell’s great, great grandfather Lord Ashbourne, Ashbourne was founded on the Eastern border of Hamilton Russell Vineyards in 1996 to create a single, extraordinary Pinotage in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley appellation. To many, their Pinotage is considered the best in the world. It is a particularly classic, cool climate Old World expression of the variety, which never fails to confuse tasters on country of origin and grape variety. In effect, it is an entirely new, but truly South African, expression of the Pinotage grape.