Colour: Dark red with a plum edge.
Nose: Nose: Notes of blackcurrant, lavender and plum.
Taste: Brimming with intense red fruit flavours and caramel with approachable tannins.
Serve with steaks, red meat casseroles, pizza, pasta and mild cheeses.
in the vineyard : Farm Manager: Hennie van der Westhuizen
Background
The grapes for the Earthbound range of mostly organic wines are sourced from Fairtrade-accredited Papkuilsfontein Vineyards near Darling, close to South Africa's rugged West Coast. The farm has 375 ha under vine of which 173 ha is organically grown.
Organic
The vines were certified as organic by the Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) after a three-year conversion process.
Fairtrade-accredited
For every ton of grapes harvested for this wine, a premium of €0,50 is paid that goes towards projects intended to benefit workers on the farm, Papkuilsfontein Vineyards, near Darling. A joint body, representing the workers decides on how premiums will be spent.
BWI member
Papkuilsfontein is a member of the Biodiversity & Wine Initiative that seeks to protect the wealth of biodiversity found in the Cape Floral Kingdom by rehabilitating land on wine farms to indigenous habitat.
Vineyards
The grapes for this wine come from two dry-farmed blocks trellised on a three-wire hedge system, planted in 2000