Classique

Pair this delicious wine with an oak-smoked duck breast, roasted baby beetroots, beetroot puree, crispy Jerusalem artichokes, and a roasted cherry jus. The earthiness of both the artichokes and the beetroots, complimented by the jus will round off this wine beautifully.

The grapes were hand-picked from the beginning of February to the end of March 2018. A season with lower than usual rainfall, followed by a notably cooler ripening period, led to smaller berries with a delicate expression of fruit.

Matured for 16 months in French oak barrels.

Fermented in stainless steel tanks. Pump overs of the skins occurred three times a day to ensure a soft and delicate extraction of colour and tannins. Selective post-fermentation skin contact was applied and the wine was drawn off for malolactic fermentation in cement tanks before maturation.

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.