Black Fruit, Floral, Red Fruit, and Pepper / Spice,
BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium
TANNIN: Medium -
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Origin: Coastal Region (Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Swartland, Constantia & More), South Africa
Grape Varietals:
Cinsault
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WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Escargots, pizza, beef bourguignon
ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Naudé Old Vines Cinsault is fragrant and elegant. The nose is all Turkish Delights, violets and dried rose petals plus the faintest hint of cracked black pepper. The dry and medium-bodied palate shows the classic Cape Cinsault characteristics of red berries, salty blackberry and black cherry pastille fruit notes. Very expressive but also impressively classical and restrained.
100% Cinsault. The fruit comes from 37-year-old vines growing on a farm in a vineyard just outside Darling, which is in the Western Cape region of South Africa. These old vineyards, planted in 1978, are impeccably maintained and produce an astounding quality of fruit. The key is to get the correct picking date and the wine takes care of itself.
Handpicking the fruit in small crates, which are left overnight in a cold room to bring temperatures down to roughly 10°C. A combination of whole bunch, destemmed grapes and stalks (for tannins) go into a stainless steel tank and is left until natural fermentation begins. One to two soft pump overs per day and left for roughly 2 weeks. The wine then goes through a pressing and transference into older 225L French oak barrels (minimum oxidation during the process). Barrel ageing for 12–15 months.
Ageing potential: 30+ years due to minimal interference and no additions, except for a little sulphites.
