Classique

This elegant wine will pair well with a beetroot buckwheat risotto, roasted beets, goats’ cheese and kalamata olives.

The grapes were hand-picked from mid-February to mid-March 2020. Adequate rainfall during the growing season and moderate conditions during ripening ensure healthy vines and allowed even ripening.

Aged separately in a combination of 225L and 300L French oak barrels for 16 months before blending.

Fermented in stainless steel tanks with regular pump-overs on the skins. Malolactic fermentation was completed in the tanks before racking to barrels.

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.