Strange Bru Fernao Pires

Sweetness: Dry

Grape: Fernão Pires

Grape info: Portugal’s most widely planted varietal, popular for its distinctive aromatic profile, producing all manner of floral and citrus aromas. Initially planted in South Africa for brandy production, Strange Bru have demonstrated its ability to produce distinctive, dry whites.

About: Strange Kompanjie is a circus tent of the Cape’s stranger grapes and blends. Champions of the unfashionable, they embrace the experimental, un-swayed by the en-vogue. Fearless and fun, they champion the underdog and unsung.

Of the last blocks of Fernão left in the Cape, the Strange Bru comes from the oldest, with an average vine age of thirty years.

Tasting note:Fresh and delicately aromatic with apricot, apple and lightly grapey notes. On the palate a sandy seam underpins ripe, juicy stone fruit flesh. A taut, zesty wine with a clean, lightly floral finish.

Character: Apple, apricot, white flowers