Technical Specifications
Alcohol 14.5%
Residual Sugar 2.6 g/L
pH 3.56
Total Acidity 5.9 g/L
Calories (estimated) 120 kcal / glass
150ml glass120 kcal
750ml bottle600 kcal
Grape Varieties Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc100%
Region Western Cape
Soil Decomposed granite
Harvest Dates February 18-25, 2020
Fermentation Vessels Wood Fermenter
Maceration 5 days
Oak Details 50% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak50%
Oak Types French
Unfiltered Yes
Production Details Grapes are picked by hand, placed into small lug boxes, and transported to the cellar in a refrigerated truck. In the cellar, the whole berries are double-sorted with optical sorting and then gravity-fed into wood fermenters. Each batch is cold-soaked for a few days and then slowly brought up in temperature, where fermentation takes place naturally. After fermentation, 5 days of maceration on the skins are allowed. The wines were aged for 24 months in 50% new French oak, bottled unfiltered, and then bottle-aged for 3 years. The grapes are mostly from our Franschhoek vineyards, and a small part from our Groenekloof vineyards.
Tasting Notes
violets, graphite, blue fruit, black fruit, spice, cocoa powder, black cherry