Paulina's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Rack of lamb, chargrilled sirloin or ribeye, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, slow-cooked oxtail or braised venison.

All grapes used to make this estate wine come from vines situated against the slopes of the Dassenberg Mountain planted in deep decomposed sandstone and granite soils, called Oakleaf. These Rickety Bridge slopes are North-Westerly facing. Well-manicured and settled vines yielding 6 tons / ha. The Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were harvested by hand in small lug boxes.

Malolactic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks and the wine was then aged in 35% new and 65% older small French oak barrels. Total maturation time in barrel was 24 months.

Fermentation took place in an open fermentation tank at 28 ̊C with five manual punch downs daily. The wine was pressed gently up to 1.2 Bar pressure after 26 days’ skin contact.

Rickety Bridge Winery is an historic Franschhoek wine estate. Situated in the renowned Franschhoek valley the food and wine capital of South Africa the Rickety Bridge winery and Country Manor House nestle against the hillside overlooking vineyards and the majestic Wemmershoek Mountains. The land dates back to 1694 when the farms were granted to the first French Huguenots who settled in the area.