Aloe Tree

The fruit for Aloe Tree hails from the increasingly fashionable west coast of the Cape.
Cool nights and sea breezes combine to extend the growing season, resulting in perfectly balanced, ripe grapes. The iconic Aloe Tree image is sure to be familiar to anyone who has travelled widely through the Cape and is an important part of the biodiversity which South Africa is famous for. The characteristic silhouette provides a backdrop to one of the most spectacular wine regions in the world where wines grow in harmony with the thousands of plant species that make up the Cape Floral Kingdom.

The grapes come from selected vineyard blocks on the west coast.The extra warmth in thisarea helps develop the full body
and ripe flavours of this variety.The vinesare planted on Karoo clay soils that add bodyand texture to the wine.The vinesages
vary from 10 to 25 years old

On arrivalat the winery the fruit isgently pressed and only the free run juice is used. Usingselected yeasts the juice then
undergoesacold fermentation. the white is then left to rest on it’s lees for 3 months whilst the red matures in old French oak