Stellenbosch is South Africa’s ‘Kingdom of Cabernet’ – a place where winds off the cold Atlantic Ocean collide with craggy mountains, billowing through valleys and softening the sunlight that beats down on the world’s most ancient soils. And all this is encapsulated in the wine.
TASTING NOTE
Elegant with exceptional complexity, depth, length and ageing potential. Rich dark plum and cassis fruit with cedarwood undertones balanced by clean minerality and smooth tannins, calling for hearty beef rib-eye steak, braised short ribs or succulent lamb chops.
IN THE VINEYARD
Planted in 1999 on a southern slope with east-west row orientation, these vines thrive in fertile soils of sand, clay, and loam. Trellised and cultivated under dryland conditions.
IN THE CELLAR
The grapes were cold-soaked for four days before inoculation and then tank fermented, with three aerated pump-overs daily during alcoholic fermentation. Once fermentation was complete, the skins were pressed, and the wine was settled and racked off the fermentation lees into 300-liter French oak barrels. It underwent spontaneous malolactic fermentation, and the wine was matured in 60% new and the best third-fill French oak for 22 months.
ANALYSIS
Alc: 13.62% | pH: 3.55 | RS: 2.6g/l | TA: 6.0g/l
『根據香港法律，不得在業務過程中，向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類。』
“ Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business.”
