Wine Composition
43% Pinotage, 32% Shiraz, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot
Winemakers Comments
An intense, complex structure with powdery spice and raspberry flavors followed by a long lingering finish.
Awards
John Platter | 4 stars (2017)
Cellar Techniques
The charming boutique cellar of Greg Olsen nestled against the slopes of the picturesque Klein Drakenstein Mountains. After tasting all the barrels of the 2012 vintage, only the best barrel of each cultivar was selected to create this highly structured succulent wine. The Cape Blend designation requires a vintner to have at least 30% Pinotage in the blend.
Winemaker
Name: Dr Greg Olsen
Winery
Olsen Private Vineyards is a family-owned and run winery,
set on a picturesque farm in the renowned wine region of Paarl, South Africa.
The owners are Dr. Greg Olsen, entrepreneur-physicist, and the third civilian
to go to the INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION in 2005, along with his daughters
Kimberly and Krista.
Apart from owning and running Olsen Private Vineyards, Greg
Olsen is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and scientist who, in October
2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the
International Space Station.
After training for five months (900 hours) at the Yuri
Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Moscow, he launched on a Russian Soyuz
rocket TMA-7 on October 1, 2005, with Cosmonaut Valeri Tokarev and Astronaut
Bill McArthur (Expedition 12). He then docked to the ISS on October 3 and
returned to earth on Soyuz TMA-6 on October 11 with Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev
and Astronaut John Phillips (Expedition 11). He performed more than 150 orbits
of the planet and logged almost 4 million miles of weightless travel during his
ten days in space.
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