Capaia Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot 2015

This Cabernet-led blend is the most popular wine in the Capaia range, and it is easy to understand why. Uncomplicated – yet refined – this wine tick all the boxes of a high quality wine at an affordable price.

The nose soft and alluring with the pallet following – yielding tannins with a velvet finish.

The Cab/Merlot 2015 is ready to be enjoyed now, or within the next 5 years. Perfect food partner with meat dishes, pastas and poultry.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 8% Petit Verdot, 1% Shiraz ]

winery : Capaia Wines

winemaker : Stephan von Neipperg, Bernabé Strydom

wine of origin : Philadelphia

analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol rs : 3.3 g/l pH : 3.61 ta : 5.7 g/l so2 : 81 mg/l fso2 : 24 mg/l

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

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

ageing : 5 – 7 years from vintage.

in the cellar :

The individual components of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Shiraz were kept separate in large French oak fermenters for a period of 12 months before being carefully blended. Thereafter the blend spent another 12 months in 2nd and 3rd fill barrels.

12 months in 2nd and 3rd fill French Oak Barriques

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