Boplaas Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Name: Boplaas Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Brand: Boplaas
SKU: 46580

This accessible, medium bodied Cabernet Sauvignon showcases the varietals classic aromatics with red and black currant, tart raspberry, bright yet subtle spice and under currents of fynbos, dried herbs and touches of sweet vanilla.

A perfect partner to hearty country cuisine – venison pie, roast lamb or rare roast beef with horseradish and fluffy mashed potatoes; fine mature cheese and charcuterie or simply enjoyed around the braai with friends, family, a wheel of boerewors, a few sosaties & extra braaibroodjies.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 100% Cabernet Sauvignon ]

winery : Boplaas Family Vineyards

winemaker : Margaux & Carel Nel CWM

wine of origin : Calitzdorp

analysis : alc : 13 % vol rs : 3.2 g/l pH : 3.76 ta : 5.3 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Medium taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Screwcap

ageing : Drink now through 2022.

in the vineyard : Fruit for this wine originates from a selection of old clone Cabernet blocks planted between 1989 and 1994, harvested by hand in the cool of the morning and fermented in temperature controlled open top cement fermenters – called kuipe in Afrikaans or lagars in Portugal – which manual punch downs to gently coax optimum flavour and colour extraction from the grape skins, while maintaining aromatics and allowing unwanted phenols to blow-off.

about the harvest: Hand-harvested in the cool of the morning.

in the cellar : The wine is barrel matured in a combination of 3rd and 4th fill French oak barrels, as well as using oak alternatives, for 10 months prior to bottling with a light filtration.

crushed and fermented in open top cement fermenters (lagars) with manual pigeage to coax optimum flavours & colour from the fruit; matured in oldFrench oak barrels, as well as oak alternative, and lightly filtered at bottling.

email the winery

email this page

find our wines in :