Anthonij Rupert Blend

Western Cape, South Africa.

Cab Sauv 69%,Merlot 14%,Cab Franc 14%, Petit Verdot 3% 

Natural fermentation, unfiltered.

2012

14.5%

75cl

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Producer

From its home base on historic L’Ormarins wine farm beneath the jagged peaks of the Groot Drakenstein mountains in Franschhoek, Anthonij Rupert Wines has cast its net wide, across the length and breadth of the Cape winelands, in search of what it takes to make the finest wines this corner of the winemaking world has to offer.

Viticulture

The vineyards for this specific blend were chosen from their best sites. The L’Ormarins vineyards with the decomposed granite supplied the richness and fullness to the wine. The Rooderust vineyards, which has more clay and grow in a slightly warmer climate, supplied the intense fruit aromas. Together these terroirs produced a unique wine. 

Winemaking

Grapes are picked by hand, placed into small lug boxes and transported to the cellar in a refrigerated truck. In the cellar, the whole berries are manually double-sorted and then gravity-fed into wooden fermenters. Each batch is cold-soaked for a few days and then slowly brought up to temperature. Fermentation takes place naturally. The wines were aged for 24 months in 100% new French oak, bottled unfiltered and bottle-aged for 24 months.

Taste

Subtle floral perfume with hints of blueand black fruits with spice-dusted plum. The mouth is richly fruited with the same plum, spice, blue- and black berries. Succulent and generous but reined in and not overblown – as supple and lithe as a gymnast. Elegantly structured with well-knit oak. Long, refined finish.