Field Blend
R275.00
This Field Blend is a single vineyard wine whose grapes are grown, harvested and vinified together. The blending is done in the vineyard not in the winery. The Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are picked simultaneously and the flavour profile is determined by the two cultivars and what they offer during fermentation.
Tasting notes: Lovely sweet black fruit and tea leaf avours upon entry. The barrel maturation adds a nice spiciness to the wine with an excellent cedar oak finish. A good example of balance and great depth in this wine. This wine will pair well with matured steak and game dishes. Can be enjoyed upon release, but will develop and age very well for up to 10 years in the bottle.
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Bouquet: Sweet and red fruit combines well with the integrated spicy cedar aromas from the oak.
Winemaking: Both varietals were harvested at the same time. Skin contact in open fermenters with the cap being punched down by hand every 2 hours. After malolactic fermentation in stainless steel the wine aged in new French oak barrels for 24 months.
Vintage Notes: : Good rainfalls and ideal cold weather conditions during winter ensured good nutrient storage and led to sufficient underground water levels for the growing season. The early growing season with cool/moderate day time temperatures and cool evenings produced even budding. Heatwaves in January put some strain on the vines, however very mild conditions for the rest of the ripening season ensured ideal grape ripening conditions. This mild ripening season resulted in grapes from the 2012 being picked at the stage of optimum ripeness, resulting in excelled colour and aroma extraction in the vines.
Varietal(s): 85% Cabernet S/ 15% Merlot
Vintage: 2014
Soil: Clovelly
Trellising: 5 wire hedge.
Total Acidity: 5.87 g/L
Alcohol: 14 %
pH: 3.57
Total SO2: 120 mg/l
Residual Sugar: 2.03 g/l
Age of Vines: 26 years
Colour: Deep dark core with a ruby red taint.