Anthonij Rupert Wines - 'Anthonij Rupert Blend' Red Blend, Western Cape - 2012 (750ml)

Wine Composition

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

Winemakers Comments

Subtle floral perfume with hints of blue- and 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.

Awards

James Suckling | 93 points

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

14%

Cellar Techniques 

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.

Winemaker

Name - Dawie Botha

Winery

Anthonij Rupert Wyne was founded on the farm L’Ormarins in Franschhoek. Originally owned by the late Anthonij Rupert, who passed away in 2001, the farm was taken over by his brother Johann Rupert in 2003. It was Johann Rupert who constructed a state-of-the-art winemaking facility on the estate, and the beginnings of what was to become a sprawling enterprise with a focus on terroir specific wines.