Knorhoek Cabernet Sauvignon
A beautifully integrated and balanced oak Cabernet Sauvignon with cranberry, cassis, and berry flavours on the pallet. It is a textured, juicy fruit, with chalky tannins red wine.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Wine of Origin: Stellenbosch
Bottling: 30 October 2019
Total production: 8,900 bottles
Individual grape parcels were crushed and fermented in open-top stainless-steel tanks with regular punch-downs (4-5 times daily). Followed by extended skin maceration. The wines were then racked (transferred) to a combination of first, second and third fill French oak barrels (30% in first-fill French barrels, 70% in second- and third-fill barrels, for 20 months).
Winemaker's notes:
Winemaker`s Initial aromas of red berries which leads through to layered profiles of Sour cherry, flint and leather, rounding off into a plummy richness on the mid-palate and finishing off with soft, velvety tannins.
Analysis:
Alcohol: 15.0% | Residual sugar: 2.5 gram/L | Total Acid: 6.0 gram/L | pH: 3.52
Vintage- Subject to availability