Rex Equus Pioneer's Blend

This wine pairs exceptionally well with premium cuts of meat. A fine choice for Grilled ribeye steak served with Béarnaise sauce and potato Dauphinoise, or roast leg of lamb and potato Grand Mére.

The 2019 vintage tells a tale of endurance as challenging weather conditions providing smaller crops. Perdeberg’s wines from this vintage stands out in terms of quality and elegance. Additionally, smaller berries contributed towards enhanced red fruit flavours. Only grapes from the best selected blocks and from the best parts of these blocks were used, combining the best selected terroir for each of the cultivars. The average yield is 6 t/ha with dryland growing conditions playing an integral part of fruit quality and intensity. The grapes were hand-picked at optimal ripeness and harvested in small batches.

The wine spent a total of 18 months in 500L French Oak barrels, whereby only the best barrels were selected and blended to create a harmony of flavours and balance in the wine.

Managed with the utmost care in the cellar, berry sorting took place prior to fermentation as to remove any unwanted berries. Fermentation took place for 7 days in small stainless-steel tanks with regular pump-overs of the fermenting must to extract the flavour, colour and structure from the skins. After racking, the wine was put to barrel for malolactic fermentation.

Perdeberg Wines is a Paarl producer established in 1941, with more than 2,500 hectares of predominantly unirrigated, dryland bush vines around the Paardeberg Mountain. Explore Perdeberg wines from Chenin Blanc to Pinotage and red blends, including its Dryland Collection, with concentrated fruit and distinctive Paarl character at the heart of the range.