Tasting Notes
Nose - Delicate berries and chocolate, with wafts of perfume and flowers.
Palate - A medium bodied palate followed with round, but firm lingering tannins.
Food Suggestions
It is great with meat or pasta dishes and delicious with a crab curry.
In The Vineyard
The total production of this wine comes solely 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.
In The Cellar
The grapes were crushed and de-stemmed. 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.