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Boplaas Cape Vintage Reserve Port 2016

An inky black wine with hints of fiery garnet on the rim; with a bouqet of crushed black berry, tart cranberry, kirsch and purple plums with bright all-spice top notes intermingled by fynbos and savoury undercurrents.

Pair with earthy rustic dishes, braised meat dishes, venison, fine hard cheeses, charcuterie, tapas and a selection of nuts, dried fruits or succulently sweet green figs.

variety : Touriga Nacional [ 80% Touriga Nacional; 10% Tinta Barocca; 5% Souzao; 5% Touriga Franca ]
winemaker : Margaux Nel
wine of origin : Calitzdorp
analysis : alc : 19 % vol  rs : 92 g/l  pH : 3.65  ta : 5.5 g/l  
type : Fortified  style : Sweet   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 0  closure : 0  

AWARDS
2018 National Wine Challenge - Double Platinum

ageing : Drink now through 2050.

in the cellar : Crafted from four old vine Portuguese varietals, hand harvested at optimal ripeness and fermented in lagars with intense manual pigeage to extract optimal flavour, colour & tannins prior to fortification with wine spirit and matured for two years in old large format French oak barrels before bottling unfined and unfiltered.

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