variety : Malbec [ 40% Malbec, 26% Merlot , 19% Petit Verdot, 11% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon ]
winemaker : Francois Joubert
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 14.31 % vol rs : 5.5 g/l pH : 3.53 ta : 5.7 g/l
type : Red style : Dry wooded
pack : Bottle closure : Cork
in the vineyard : The Bell Tower Estate Wine is the flagship wine of Asara Estate for the 2007 vintage. Only our very best goes into the Bell Tower. This year, as always, our aim was to create a wine with superior taste, combining all elements of flavour, suppleness of tannins, richness in colour as well as complexity and balance between fruit and oak.
The directive was to come up with a blend that would be more Bordeaux than Bordeaux herself, therefore, more than just Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Using these criteria we selected the very best wines made from all five noble French varieties in the Asara cellar. Every barrel was tasted and evaluated on its own and the ones with the best flavour, taste and structure were kept separately for final blending.
After evaluating the trial blends we were overjoyed to see that the best wine is comprised of each one of the those French noble cultivars, namely Merlot 26%, Cabernet Franc 11%, Petit Verdot 19%, Cabernet Sauvignon 4% and Malbec 40%. It is our sincere belief that this wine will carry on the proud tradition of the Bell Tower Estate Wine and follow in the footsteps of the previous four Bordeaux blends from the Asara cellar.