Stark Conde The Field Blend 2021

Cellar for up to 5 years. Serve chilled.

The story of Stark Conde dates back to 1989 when Hans & Midori Schroder purchased Oude Nektar farm in the dramatic Jonkershoek Valley in Stellenbosch and began growing top quality grapes. A decade later, in 1998, the couple were joined by their daughter and son-in-law, Marie and José, and the Stark Conde family winery was born.

The stunning setting in the rugged Jonkershoek Valley helps to give the wines a unique character and flavour profile thanks to the large variations in elevation across their vineyards. Their lowest plots sit at 150 metres while the highest are found at 600 metres above sea level.

The family’s Field Blend is a complex composition of Chenin Blanc, Roussanne, Verdelho and Viognier which are all sourced from a prime single vineyard plot named Jan Lui’s Field after a former owner. The grapes are all harvested and fermented together as a true field blend with 90% of the wine fermented and aged in oak barrels for 8 months. The result is an opulent full bodied white with enticing tropical and citrus fruit notes as well as a creamy texture and hints of vanilla and spice from the oak maturation.