Boland Cabernet Sauvignon

VINTAGE: 1994

ORIGIN: Paarl

CLIMATE: Mediterranean - dry warm summers and cold wet winters. Vineyards in Durbanville and Paardeberg area, where cool southernly winds blow.

SOIL: Shale and sandstone soils create a meso-climate conducive to high quality Cabernet Sauvignon grapes

YIELD: 6 tons/ha

VINIFICATION: The healthiest grapes are carefully selected and destalked and crushed, whereafter the acid content is supplemented immediately to lower the pH. The juice is fermented in cement tanks and for the full duration of alcoholic fermentation is pumped over the skin cap twice a day for color and flavor extraction. It is fermented until dry and spends another four to five days on the skins. The wine is then racked, the skins are pressed and malo-lactic fermentation is completed. The wine spends twelve months in new to fifth-fill small oak barrels. The final blend is made up from the different barrels and matured in stainless steel tanks for 12 months before being filtered and bottled. It is bottle-matured for at least six months before being released.