Oldenburg Vineyards <CL° Red 2021

Oldenburg Vineyards CL° Red 2021, a smasher of a wine, eminently drinkable in its youth, from the cooler part of Stellenbosch, the Banghoek Valley…

Oldenburg Vineyards CL° Red 2021

Oldenburg Vineyards is a family-owned wine estate, in the Banghoek Valley on the northern outskirts if the Stellenbosch Wine Appellation. At its most basic, this is a Bordeaux Style blend of three noble red wine grapes. 54% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Cabernet.

Nic van Aarde, the Estate’s Winemaker with Awards

Nic van Aarde, the Estate’s winemaker had adopted an interesting starting point as he and his team destalk the two Cabernets and leave the Merlot as whole grapes. After fermentation, the grapes were pressed in a basket press and malolactic fermentation took place in Stainless Steel tanks. The wines were then taken to French Oak Barrels, a quarter of which were new for a maturation period of 16 months. The wines were then blended and prepared for bottling.

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