Ultra Premium

Year:

2005

Tasting Notes:

Tasting Notes November 2007: This wine shows an intense ruby red color, it is bright and deep. In nose is complex and elegant, with cigar box, cedar, together with notes of blackberries and rose petals. In mouth, it has an elegant and involving acidity; its tannins are ripe and it has a good finish.

Varieties:

45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Malbec, 20% Carmenere and 10% Cabernet Franc. All the varieties are estate grown from Sandy Clay Loam.

Harvest:

Only hand-picked grapes, during the second week of April and the beginning of May 2005.

Bottling:

Ageing:

Aged for 12 months in French and American oak barrels.

Harmony with food:

This assembly of, it is an excellent companion for a variety of red meats, or salmon. When aged, serve with game or a stew in a rich sauce.

How to drink:

Cellaring until 2014: Decant the wine and let it breath for one hour, serve at 16°C (60,8°F) in a wide glass. After 2014: decant and serve at 18°C (64,4°F) in an elegant glass.

Age capacity:

2018, if the wine is stored between 15°C (59°F) to 18°C (64,4°F).

Alcohol:

13.5% v/v

Ph:

3.73

Production:

32,000 bottles

Export package:

6 x 750cc

Distinctions of this line:

Silver Medal, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, vintage 2003.

Gold Medal, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, vintage 1995.