Miles Mossop Chapter One 2022

A wine that expresses the purity of Cinsault fruit with fine grained tannins on the finish

Cinsault

$56.00

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Red Fruit, Floral, and Herbaceous, Sweet Spice

BODY: Medium -
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium -
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Coastal Region (Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Swartland, Constantia & More), South Africa

Grape Varietals:
Cinsault

Winemaking:

Whole Bunch, Destemmed, Crushed, Wild yeast, and Malolactic Fermentation

Maturation: 7-12 Months Concrete Tanks

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Pomegranate Rockette Salad, Grilled Chicken

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Orange Chicken, Briyani

Miles Mossop Wines

This family business with Miles as the winemaker and viticulturist has vineyards across the western cape. Miles started this project in 2004 and went full time in 2018. Miles craft small batch wines named after members of the family

Description

Miles Mossop Chapter One 2022

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Cinsault from a single vineyard site on decomposed granite soils in the Swartland, South Africa

Taste Profile: This wine has a vibrant cherry red colour. The nose is perfumed with beautiful rose petal, strawberry and cherry aromas. There are underlying notes of dried herbs. Flavours of fresh strawberries, ripe cherries and rose water are evident on the palate. The mid-palate is textured with hints of dried herbs leading to a dry finish with fine tannins.

Winemaking Processes: The fruit was harvested and cooled before a 5 day cold soak to start spontaneous fermentation. The fruit was fermented with 50% whole bunches & 50% destemmed & crushed in stainless steel tanks. After about 20 days on skins, it was drained & pressed into concrete tanks for malolactic fermentation, where it matured for 9 months before bottling

Bright & Easy Reds

Easy drinking red wines with bright fruit aromas and low tannins. The wines are often released without much aging in tank, oak barrels or bottle, and are meant to be drunk early

These wines typically can be nejoyed without food, and are usually served cooler. They can be light bodied wines like Beaujolais, or light extraction styles that do not emphasize tannin & color extraction