2020 Cape Blend

Case or Bottle

A subtle and delicate integration of 5 cultivars. This Cape Blend is Hugo’s interpretation and expression of a cooler-climate expression, utilising exclusively Free-Run components in this blend.

Separate picking components undergo an extended temperature-controlled fermentation and maceration in open-topped 500L vats. Free Run components, collected through the basket press, were individually matured in aged French oak barrels for 26 months before being selectively combined.

Where-as the Les Grandes Horisontales 2020 is a collection of phenolically – integrated expressions from the Lightly-Pressed components, this Cape Blend 2020 showcases the opposite end of the potential spectrum of these grapes.

1744 bottles produced.

2020 Cape Blend

Vigneron's Notes

A subtle and delicate integration of 5 cultivars. This Cape Blend is Hugo’s interpretation and expression of a cooler-climate expression, utilising exclusively Free-Run components in this blend.

Separate picking components undergo an extended temperature-controlled fermentation and maceration in open-topped 500L vats. Free Run components, collected through the basket press, were individually matured in aged French oak barrels for 26 months before being selectively combined.

Where-as the Les Grandes Horisontales 2020 is a collection of phenolically – integrated expressions from the Lightly-Pressed components, this Cape Blend 2020 showcases the opposite end of the potential spectrum of these grapes.

1744 bottles produced.

Additional information

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Case or Bottle

Case of 6, Bottle

Analyses

Blend components:

  • Pinotage: 35 %
  • Cabernet franc: 28 %
  • Cabernet Sauvignon: 16 %
  • Petit Verdot: 15 %
  • Merlot: 6%

Analyses:

  • pH: 3.38
  • TA: 6.9 g/L
  • Alcohol: 14%