TASTING NOTES

Medium-bodied wooded red wine with mint and cigar box flavours on the nose. The wine has a very typical Cabernet character.

ENJOY WITH

Oxtail stew or a juicy steak.

WINE OF ORIGIN

Western Cape

GEOGRAPHY

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

IN THE VINEYARD

Eastern and North Eastern slopes towards Stellenbosch and Durbanville.  All vineyards are trellised – 5-wire Perold system.  Basic canopy and crop management with supplemented irrigation.  Harvest date mid-March.

THE HARVEST

YIELD: 8 – 10 t/ha

BALLING AT HARVEST: 24,5 – 26,0 °B

IN THE CELLAR

Fermented on skins for 7-12 days, after which the skins are pressed and the wine is inoculated with malolactic bacteria to initiate a secondary fermentation.  On completion of malolactic fermentation, the wines are matured in French oak for 6 – 9 months.  Thereafter the wine is filtered and stabilized prior to bottling.

 BLEND INFORMATION

100% Cabernet Sauvignon