• Wine of Origin: Stellenbosch
• Cultivar: 100% Cabernet Sauvigon
• Tasting note: Made from selected barrels, this wine has been created with good structure, complexity and balance. A rich and full-bodied wine with layered hints of black currant, dark chocolate and mint complement the well-integrated oak. It follows through on a velvet textured palate with firm tannins.
• Vineyard practices: vertical shoot positioned vineyards allow for optimum ripening and ideal sunlight exposure of fruit. there is a good exposure of slopes to cooling Southern breezes off False Bay. Vineyards are established on slopes with soils of weathered granite and sandstone. Yields are controlled to between 7 and 8 tons per hectare.
• Cellar practices: This wine was naturally fermented for 12 days, and left on skins for 10-15 days. Full malolactic fermentation took place in the barrel and it was aged in small French oak for 12months, with 25% new French oak. light stabilization was performed and the wine went through no fining before bottling.
• Food pairing: The winemaker recommends serving it with steak, roast lamb with rosemary and garlic and a whole host of red meat stews and casserole.
• Bottling date: February 2014
• Maturation potential: This wine is frinking excellent now or can be cellared up to 5 years.

Chemical analysis:

• Label Alc 14.0%
• Rs 1.39
• pH 3.45
• TA 5.78
• TSO2 68

Quantity produced: 600 x 6