This is a Limited Release of 100% Cabernet franc Wine of Origin Franschhoek.
Low-yielding, dry-land vines are grown on a North-East facing slope of the Franschhoek valley. The grapes are picked by hand, before undergoing temperature-controlled fermentation and maceration for 28 days in open French Oak vats. Three separate basket-press fractions were matured for 26 months in aged French oak barrels and then selectively combined into this single-cultivar blend.
Only 502 bottles produced.
Analyses:
This Cabernet franc was composed of two barrel components. The grapes were picked from a single vineyard in Franschhoek, rows of vines planted to face ENE among the first to experience the sunrise in the valley.
The Free Run and Lightly Pressed cuvées, collected by basket-press, were matured for 26 months.