Cardouw Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Veritas 2002 - Bronze
4 Stars by John Platter
Highly rated by Dine Magazine

This full-bodied wine with a deep purple colour and typical cassis, grassy and mint flavours with excellent balanced wood. This is a wine that was specially selected for this range of quality products and has the potential to only get better with age. Superior red wine from the noblest of all grapes from the Piekenierskloof.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 100% Cabernet Sauvignon ]

winery :

winemaker : Johan Delport

wine of origin : Olifants River

analysis : alc : 13.59 % vol rs : 2.6 g/l pH : 3.58 ta : 4.9 g/l

type : Red

AWARDS

2000 Vintage - Veritas 2002 - Bronze
4 Stars by John Platter
Highly rated by Dine Magazine

This wine was named after the Cardouw Pass, the Hottentot word for 'narrow road'. The Hottentots - also known as the 'Khoisan' people - were the original nomadic people of this region and inhabited the area thousands of years before the arival of European colonists.

in the vineyard : Cardouw wine is from a cooler upland zone, part of the Olifants iver ward, situated near Citrusdal 180km north of Cape Town in the Cederberg area. The wine is produced from the most promising grapes from top-performing farms and vineyards.

in the cellar : Following eight days of skin contact to obtain the desired colour and flavour, fermentation continued under controlled conditions at 25Â°C. The wine was aged for twelve months in French oak barrels and underwent bottle ageing for 6 months before release.

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