Walker Bay, South Africa.....
After early morning harvest cool grapes are brought into the cellar and then undergo skin contact and cold maceration, for 3 to 4 days to extract soft tannins and ripe fruit flavors before allowing fermentation to begin.
Throughout vinification handling was kept to a minimum to ensure that true fruit flavors were retained.
The wine was matured in medium toasted new French Oak and 5% American oak for 9 months. Only wines that met with our standards of excellence were then used in the final blend for the Barrel Selection. Tasting Notes:
Deep crimson in color. This wine has aromas of dark plums and raspberry which flow in harmony with a full complex palate, rich in character showing a concentration of vanilla and wild berries.