TASTING NOTES

A very popular wooded medium-bodied blend in a light style. Mulberry, mineral and herb flavours on the nose. Excellent balance of fruit and wood vanilla.

ENJOY WITH

Pasta, moussaka, chicken, red meat salads, or smoked seafood.

WINE OF ORIGIN

Western Cape

GEOGRAPHY

Western Cape Province of South Africa. Paarl and surrounding areas. Cold wet winters, hot dry summers.

IN THE VINEYARD

Eastern and North Eastern facing vineyards.  All vineyards are trellise, 5- wire Perold system. Basic canopy- and crop management with supplemented irrigation.  Harvest date for the two cultivars are mid-February to end of March.

THE HARVEST

YIELD: 8 – 10 t/ha

BALLING AT HARVEST: 24,5 – 26,0 °B    

IN THE CELLAR

Fermented on skins 7 – 12 days, after which the skins are pressed and the wine is inoculated with malolactic bacteria to initiate a secondary fermentation.  6  – 9 months on European Oak.  Thereafter it is filtered and stabilized.

BLEND INFORMATION

60% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% Merlot