Wine Composition
Cabernet Sauvignon 52%, Malbec 16%, Cabernet Franc 14%, Merlot 11%, & Petit Verdot 7%
Winemakers Comments
De Toren Fusion V 2017 reveals a truly pure and complex flavor, with aromas of black cherry, cedar and dark berries. This left-bank Bordeaux styled blend is supported by subtle hints of fennel, blueberries and dark, bitter chocolate.
An exquisitely stylish departure for sophisticated connoisseur tastes is offered with each luxurious sip. Soft as spun silk, with a lingering hint of sweet fruit on the back palate, this is a wine that will only improve with age. Hence, enjoyment of this vintage will be multiplied with a few years of ageing in your cellar.
Awards
Tim Atkins | 95 points
Wine Spectator | 90 points
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
14.5%
Total Acidity
5.7 g/l
pH
3.57
RS
2.7 g/l
Cellar Techniques
Aged in a climatized barrel room (16 degrees Celsius at 80% humidity) for 12 months in 50% new and 50% second fill, 225 Liter Oak barrels. Ninety percent French Oak and Malbec had the benefit of American Oak. To release all the flavours please decant at least one hour before consumption. It is recommended to serve this wine at optimal temperature (15-18 degrees Celsius).
Winemaker
Name - Albie Koch
Winery
DE TOREN is a boutique Private Cellar, established by Emil & Sonette Den Dulk in 1994. The farm was named DE TOREN, which translated from Dutch means "the tower", and refers to wine structure which allows for gravity-flow winemaking.
The farm's maiden release was the 1999 vintage "Fusion V", a Cabernet Sauvignon has driven five-varietal Bordeaux style blend; a first for South Africa's wine industry.
"DE TOREN doesn't have "a harvest" it has several micro-harvests over the course of many weeks; the time and location of each harvest are determined by near red aerial to imagine. This technology allows us to monitor the vigor in clusters within each block, with different colours representing different growth patterns. When a cluster approaches ripeness we isolate demarcate and harvest separately; always at optimum ripeness. We are also able to identify variations within the vineyards with this technology that enables us to adapt our canopy management decisions...gaining valuable data and experience from each vintage and optimizing our harvests year on year - aiming for perfection!"
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