Baron Edmond

This wine will pair well with beef oxtail slowly braised with crushed black cherry, mixed spice, and topped with herbed bread.

The grapes were handpicked from mid-February through to March. Moderate temperatures during the growing season, allowed for even berry development and flavour retention in the grapes.

Matured for 18 months in 225L French oak barrels, of which 43 % was new wood, 45 % second fill and the remainder third fill barrels.

Using an optic sorter to sort the berries resulted in excellent colour density. Fermentation occurred in stainless steel, followed by extended skin contact, with regular pump overs for gentle extraction of colour and flavour from the skins. Thereafter selected tanks completed malolactic fermentation in new French oak and the remainder in stainless steel, followed by maturation in barrel.

The Rupert & Rothschild partnership was formed in 1997 by the late Dr Anton Rupert of South Africa and the late Baron Edmond de Rothschild of France. Their vision and guiding principles were carried forward by their sons the late Anthonij Rupert and Baron Benjamin de Rothschild. Today the Rupert family and Baron Benjamin de Rothschild share this prestigious partnership in wine production.