Wine Composition

60% Pinotage, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet Franc

Winemakers Comments

The nose is inviting with a floral top note of roses, sweet cherry, and hints of plum. The palate is medium bodied with lots of fruit, dark berry compote, rhubarb, supported by well-integrated oak, with a hint of warm spices. Fine tannins give strength and backbone and will allow the wine to bottle age well. Ready to enjoy now, but will gain complexity over the next 3-5 years

Awards

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage 

14.50%

TA

5.40 g/l

pH

3.59

RS

2.1 g/l

Vinification

Each component was harvested separately, de-stemmedand sorted into tank. The wines spent between 10 and 30 days on the skins, depending on the tannin structure. 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 (31% new, 20% second fill, 36% third fill and 13% older oak was used) for a period of 12 months before blending and a light filtration before bottling in November 2020.

Winemaker

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.