Red Blend

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Grapes are picked by hand, placed into small lug boxes, and transported to the cellar in a refrigerated truck. In the cellar, the whole berries are double-sorted with optical sorting and then gravity-fed into wood fermenters. Each parcel is cold soaked for a few days and then slowly brought up in temperature, where fermentation takes place naturally. After fermentation, 5 days of maceration on the skins are allowed.

Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot have consistently shown themselves to be best suited to the terroir of L’Ormarins Estate in Franschhoek. Planted across a range of aspects, the vineyards offer diverse expressions, with fruit for the Anthonij Rupert Blend drawn from the estate’s most prized parcels on Oakleaf and decomposed granite soils. Careful canopy management and controlled yields ensure that each varietal reflects both its site and character with clarity. The 2018 harvest followed a prolonged drought period, resulting in smaller yields and naturally concentrated fruit. Warmer conditions in February advanced ripening, while small berries contributed to deep colour and firm tannin structure, producing wines of notable concentration, richness, and structure.

The wines were aged for 24 months in 50% new French oak barriques, bottled, and then bottle-aged for an additional 6 years before release. The grapes are mostly from from our Franschhoek vineyards, and a small part from our Groenekloof vineyards.