Overgaauw Cabernet Sauvignon 2000

John Platter - 4Â½ stars
Decanter Magazine - 4 stars
The 2000 vintage was exceptional for Cabernet Sauvignon on Overgaauw, producing healthy grapes with an abundance of fruit. This is a full-bodied wine with blackberry/mulberry aromas and hints of vanilla. The maturation in oak barrels adds to the complexity and future development of this wine. Probably one of our best Cabernet Sauvignons in the last decade. Big surrounding on the middle palate and soft grape tannins.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 100% Cabernet Sauvignon ]

winery : Overgaauw Estate

winemaker : Chris Joubert

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.84 % vol rs : 2.1 g/l pH : 3.39 ta : 5.6 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full wooded

pack : Bottle

AWARDS

John Platter - 4Â½ stars
Decanter Magazine - 4 stars

ageing : The time spent in 100% new oak gives a good amount of soft oak tannins to give this wine a promising ageing potential. (7 â€“ 15 years).

in the vineyard : Soil type: Deep Red Clovelly
Age of vines: 15 years

about the harvest: The grapes were harvested at 24.8Âº Balling - 50% February and 50% March.
Yield per hectare: 6 tons

in the cellar : Length of fermentation: 3 weeks skin contact. After fermentation and extended maturation on the skins, the wine was racked into barrels to mature for 24 months in 100% new 225L French Oak.

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