Black Pearl Vineyards is a single unirrigated vineyard on the slopes of Paarl Mountain. This vintage was 60/23/17 Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvedre but that assemblage changes every year. Bottling is always unfined and very seldom filtered. From there, the juice went straight to 300 liter barrels – mainly French and 2nd & 3rd fill primarily – for 1 year, during which time the wine was racked 2-3 times. Grapes were then pressed in a traditional 1 ton basket press. Open tank punch downs were done gently by hand, 3X daily for the duration of the ferment. Wild ferments with this style of wine are risky – hence cultured yeast option. A Mischief of Monsters A Mischief of Monsters is a Halloween treat Children will love joining in with the little and big monsters as they munch and crunch. Once temperature rose naturally to about 60 degrees, cultured yeast was added. Grapes were cooled to about 40 degrees F for cold soaking. The Mischief Maker offers Kentucky Wedding Cakes, also servicing, Lexington, Northern Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio areas. Fruit for this wine was hand picked into 30lb crates with bunch selection done in the vineyard and on a sorting tray before a gentle crushing and destemming – then transferred to small open tanks.

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