{"product_id":"van-loggerenberg-break-a-leg-blanc-de-noir","title":"Van Loggerenberg Break a Leg Blanc de Noir 2024","description":"\u003cstyle\u003etable\n\t{mso-displayed-decimal-separator:\"\\.\";\n\tmso-displayed-thousand-separator:\"\\,\";}\ntr\n\t{mso-height-source:auto;}\ncol\n\t{mso-width-source:auto;}\ntd\n\t{padding-top:1px;\n\tpadding-right:1px;\n\tpadding-left:1px;\n\tmso-ignore:padding;\n\tcolor:black;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-weight:400;\n\tfont-style:normal;\n\ttext-decoration:none;\n\tfont-family:\"Aptos Narrow\", sans-serif;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\ttext-align:general;\n\tvertical-align:bottom;\n\tborder:none;\n\twhite-space:nowrap;\n\tmso-rotate:0;}\n.xl18\n\t{font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Arial, sans-serif;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\twhite-space:normal;}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"327\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol width=\"327\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"327\" height=\"20\" class=\"xl18\"\u003eTen minutes after midnight on New Year's Day, two weeks before his first solo harvest, Lukas van Loggerenberg fractured his kneecap. Two operations followed, and with the money already borrowed and spent, his friend David Sadie suggested he make a pink wine that could be sold by July. It is a Blanc de Noir rather than a rosé, since no white grapes go into it: Cinsault bush vines planted in 1992 on decomposed granite in the Helderberg, a block farmed for this wine alone and cooled by an almost constant sea breeze that leaves a saline thread through the finish. The fruit is picked in three separate passes, the earliest holding the acidity and pH in line, the ripest fermented in stainless steel and the rest in old oak. Each lot is destemmed and lightly pressed so colour comes without tannin. Delicately perfumed with orange, potpourri, herbs and spice, then real fruit density, well-knit acidity and a gently savoury close, at a modest 12.2% alcohol. A wine that began as damage control and has become one of the Cape's most serious pinks.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Van Loggerenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54107527282995,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/6936\/1459\/files\/pomelli_photoshoot_image_4k_0919_7.png?v=1789821165","url":"https:\/\/openbottle.co.za\/products\/van-loggerenberg-break-a-leg-blanc-de-noir","provider":"OPEN BOTTLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}