Wine Composition
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Winemaker Comments
This enchanting Cabernet delivers a classic Bordeaux profile, with bright, tangy acidity, excellent structure, fine tannins and perfect balance. It flaunts a core of pure blackcurrant and dark cherry fruit, tinged with notes of dark chocolate, herbs and spice.
Awards
Tim Atkin | 91 points (2018)
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
13.5%
TA
5.7 g/l
ph
3.6
RS
1.8 g/l
Vinification
The handpicked grapes were lightly crushed into stainless steel tanks. Fermentation occurred naturally, using a combination of rack and returns and open pump overs. Post- fermentation, the wine was left on its skins for 2-3 weeks. It was then gently pressed and run to French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and aging. The wine matured for 12 months in barrel, with racking on average every four months.
Winemaker
Name - Luke O’Cuinneagain
Winery
The Glenelly Estate is in the Idas Valley, located in Stellenbosch, on the southern slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain. This estate of 128 hectares formerly devoted to fruit production had, thanks to its terroir, a vocation for wine producing, which has been a specialty of this region since the seventeenth century. An exhaustive study of soil and weather conditions lead to the planting of 60 hectares of red varieties, 6 hectares of white and 5 hectares of olive trees. Central to this impressive circle of mountains, vineyards and olive groves, lies the 'Manor House' in the Cape Dutch style, white walls and thatched roof, surrounded by newly renovated farm buildings and beautiful gardens. Four lakes provide water supply whilst the flora and fauna add to the beauty of this site. The year 2009 saw the inauguration of the winery: 6,000 m² anchored in the mountains on 4 floors functioning by gravity flow. This very modern structure was designed as an excellent environmentally friendly working tool (consumption of electricity and water reduced, keeping constant temperature etc.
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