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Wine · South Africa

Klein Constantia, Sauvignon Blanc

Pay online, pick up at the shop, 2690 Broadway. Ready in about 2 hours during pickup hours. Orders placed after 5:30 PM (4:30 PM on Sunday) are ready the next day from 10:30 AM (11:30 AM Sunday).

The tasting card

Sweetness

Dry, from the producer's own page

From the label

Read off the bottle in our own photograph.

Vintage on the label

2024

Alcohol

13.5%

Size on the label

750 ml

Importer

Frederick Wildman & Sons, Ltd., New York, NY

From the tech sheet

Printed for the 2024 vintage by the producer (kleinconstantia.com). A figure the sheet repeats word for word from another year is left out.

Total acidity

5.9 g/L

pH

3.29

Residual sugar

2.4 g/L

Grapes

100% Sauvignon Blanc

Tasting note

Light & bright; grapefruit, limes and kiwi; quince, citrus blossom, umami, bittersweet; fresh salinity, vibrant acidity; textured and expressive; long crisp finish

From the producer's tech sheet for the 2024 vintage, in the sheet's own words, shortened.

Winemaking

From the producer's tech sheet for the 2024 vintage. Only what the sheet prints.

Aged for

6 months on the gross lees

Aged in

10% barrel aged in neutral oak 500L barrels

Made

each block fermented separately; 80% wild fermentation, 20% inoculated with Non saccharomyces Cerevisiae; some ferments took up to 2 months

Blend

100% Sauvignon Blanc

About this bottle

Full notes are coming soon. We only publish what we can confirm from the producer or the bottle itself, so this page grows as we check it. Ask us in the shop, or ask Chaz, our AI sommelier, at the bottom of the page.