Oldenburg Vineyards CL Red 2018

Oldenburg Vineyards

The Oldenburg Vineyards is made up of 52% Syrah, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. Grapes were hand harvested with careful sorting of the bunches in the vineyard and the berries later sorted by hand to ensure that only the best fruit went through for fermentation. After gentle crushing and stalk removal, the wines were separately vinified in stainless steel tanks. The wines were matured for 16 months in 19% new 300 litre French oak barrels. This was followed by preparation for bottling.

Oldenburg VIneyards Winemaker Nic van Aarde having a sniff in the cellar

Pour
From a Bordeaux shaped bottle, closed with a black screw cap. The label is elegant, black with white printing – made me think of a precision-made motor car. In the glass, a dark ruby at the heart which pales out to a purple tinged ruby at the edges. The aromas are of a delicious German dessert, the well-known Rote Grütze, bright fruited red berries, cherries. From entry the refreshing acidity runs through to the long aftertaste. The palate is generous with sappy berries in the midpalate and a refined undertow of oak and its concomitant brown spices and vanilla. Eminently drinkable now, though would reward you in future with a couple of years of cool cellaring.

My Indian Beef Curry

Pair
The Oldenburg Vineyards HERE for my recipe.

Oldenburg Vineyards Maturation Cellar