Warwick - Three Cape Ladies Blend, Stellenbosch - 2017 (750ml)

Wine Composition

66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Pinotage, 12% Cabernet Franc

Winemakers Comments

The 2017 vintage saw the return of Pinotage to the blend for the first time since 2014. An important step in re-capturing the heritage of this pioneering wine. The vanguard aromas are brooding with exquisite aromas of black berries, cherry compote and rosemary. The palate is rich and textured with bright red fruits, cigar box, and dark chocolate on the finish.

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Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage 

14.47%

TA

5.9 g/l

pH

3.57

RS

3.39 g/l

Cellar Techniques  

Each component was harvested separately, de- stemmed and sorted into tank. The wines spent between 14 and 30 days depending on the tannin structure with three or four pump overs per day and then pressed to undergo malolactic fermentation in tank. After completion the wine was racked to French oak barrels (10% new oak was used) for a period of 27 months before blending and a light filtration before bottling in August 2019.

Winemaker

Name - JD Pretorius

Winery

Warwick Estate is a family-owned and run winery. From 1771 til 1902, Warwick Wine Farm was known as the farm ‘De Goede Sukses’. After the Anglo Boer war in 1902, Colonel William Alexander Gordon, Commanding Officer of the Warwickshire regiment decided against returning to England and bought the farm. He renamed it ‘Warwick’ as a tribute to his regiment and the rest, as they say, is history. Warwick was purchased on April 1st 1964 by Stan Ratcliffe after an extensive search for the best ‘terroir’ in the Cape. It was in 1986 that the first Warwick Trilogy was released - a Bordeaux style blend which has since become one of the flagships of the South African Wine Industry. Warwick has won many accolades over the years and was featured for a second time in Wine spectators’ wines of the year.