CULTIVARS
\n75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cinsault<\/p>\n
NOTES FROM THE WINEMAKER
\nOur Cinsault vineyard, planted in 1997, is really coming to age now and producing great quality grapes. In combination with the traditional Cab Sauv this forms a very exciting blend of racy aromatic freshness and structure. The nose shows lovely red and black cherry aromas with some fresh herbs in the background The palate is light bodied with juicy fruit and a fresh acidity.<\/p>\n
PAIRS WELL WITH
\nPizza and Mediterranean Pastas l Braaivleis l Nachos<\/p>\n
WINEMAKING
\nCRUSING & DESTEMMING Grapes were crushed, destalked and pumped into an open-top concrete fermentation tank
\nFERMENTATION METHOD Controlled ferment with regular pump overs and gentle punch downs. cinsault was 55% whole bunch fermented.
\nMALOLACTIC Yes, 100%<\/p>\n
INTERESTING FACT
\nCabernet Sauvignon hails from the Bordeaux Region in France and is the love-child born of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc.<\/p>\n
ANALYSIS
\nAlcohol % (V\/V) : 13.95
\nResidual Sugar (g\/l): 1.9
\nTotal Acidity (g\/l): 5.6
\npH: 3.52<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stanley, our father, is a huge fan of Cabernet Sauvignon. He has created some stunning red varieties, which are the most traditional in the world. We still like Cinsault now, and our 1997-planted Cinsault vineyards are maturing nicely and yielding excellent grapes. The majority of South African wineries added a tiny amount of Cinsault to Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1970s and 1980s to give it more freshness. Just as we combine the old and the new, tradition and new ideas in our family business, we think these two types go hand in hand rather nicely. Attie and seventh-generation Zak Louw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[76],"product_tag":[75],"class_list":{"0":"post-16450","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-opstal-wine-estate","7":"product_tag-south-africa","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16971,"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16450\/revisions\/16971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=16450"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=16450"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnenvaneden.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=16450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}