Taste Notes
Primary Notes: Cherries Graphite
Secondary Notes:
Tertiary Notes: Tobacco
Wine Structure
Body: Medium +
Dryness: Very Dry
Acidity: High
Tannin: Medium
Alcohol (%):
Origin & Awards
Origin: Stellenbosch, South Africa
Maker: Uva Mira
Grape: Cabernet Franc
Fermentation: Biodynamic Heavy Wood
Awards:
Serving Recommendations
Decanting:
Serving Temperature: Best served between 16–18 degrees.
Asian Food Pairing:
Western Food Pairing: Grilled rack of lamb, Brie, Eggplant Parmigiana
Description
Uva Mira The Dance Cabernet Franc 2016
Uva Mira The Dance Cabernet Franc has a violet red colour. Delicately pure bouquet of red cherry, fresh tobacco leaf, jasmine and graphite with just a hint of creaminess tagging along. The medium to full-bodied palate is dry, has a vibrant acidity, silky texture and soft tannins. Crimson raspberry and cranberry fruit flavours with tobacco leaf and mineral nuances emerging on the long finish.
100% Cabernet Franc. The vines are on west and north-west facing slopes of the estate vineyards in Helderberg, 9 kilometres from False Bay. The vineyards have Cumulic soils (Tukulu) and an altitude of 345 metres above sea level.
Delicate hand-picking of the berries before transportation to the cellar. The fruit goes through a meticulous hand selection on a sorting table upon arrival at the cellar. Fermentation for 19 months in French oak barrels, 60% new.
14%How about another red from Stellenbosch? Eikendal Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
- 89 POINTS
- 4.5 STARS