Tasting Notes
Nose: Abundance of red fruit. Palate: A well rounded wine with soft yet lingering tannins. .
Food Suggestions
It is great with meat or pasta dishes and delicious with a crab curry.
In The Vineyard
The grapes for this wine came from the eleven year old bush vines on Hoopenburg’s 35 ha farm.
About The Harvest
The grapes were harvested at a modest 240 balling, and then crushed and de-stemmed.
In The Cellar
Fermentation lasted sixteen days in stainless steel tanks, pressing occurred on day seventeen, with the wine ageing for twenty months in French Oak barrels (20% new). A minimal filtration was done before being bottled