Lubanzi ‘Rainboat’ Pét-Nat

$30 | Bottle

2023 Vintage

This lively Pet-Nat comes from 13 tons of cinsault hand harvested each year in February from a block on a tiny organic farm in the heart of the Swartland. Lined by conifers for wind protection and bursting with life from its rocky soils, it’s a vibrant place.

Only 750 cases produced.

Origin: W.O. Swartland

Components: 100% Cinsault

Soil/Climate: Decomposed granite & shale / dry, unirrigated bush vines

Tasting Notes: Strawberry, pink apple, cider, candy floss & dry grain on the nose. Summer strawberry, cranberry, lemon drop, buchu leaf & pomegranate notes on the palate alongside a sweet & sour experience.

Organic Grapes

Wine is an agricultural product. Just as with food, highly processed wines contain additives to mask flavor deficiencies in the base ingredient: grapes. Poorly farmed grapes that relies on additives and harsh chemicals will produces grapes that will inherently need additives, like sugar and acid, to make good tasting wine. Why apply harmful pesticides and herbicides when we know this kills soil microbiology, the very thing that assists in plant nutrition and grape flavor? In the vineyard we farm for healthy soils and vine longevity rather than high yields.

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