Sixteen Field Blend

The Brookdale Sixteen Field Blend 2022 is a white wine from Brookdale Estate in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. It is a field blend, meaning 16 different white grape varieties are interplanted in the same vineyard block and harvested together. This approach is intended to allow the vineyard's microclimate and terroir to be fully expressed in the final wine, rather than highlighting individual varietal characteristics. Brookdale Estate, under the ownership of Tim Rudd and with winemaker Kiara Scott Farmer, focuses on sustainable farming and minimal intervention winemaking. The vineyard for this blend was planted in 2019 on decomposed shale and granite soils. The 2022 vintage was characterized by varied ripening across the interplanted varieties, leading to a multi-stage harvest. The wine is produced in limited quantities.