Stark-Condé Wines

Three Pines Cabernet Sauvignon

Name: Stellenbosch Syrah
Brand: Stark-Condé Wines
Price: 335 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: Platter's 5 (1 reviews)

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend from Stellenbosch, South Africa

R590

Bottle size:

750 ml

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"This is a masterpiece, cleverly combining all the confident quality attributes of a unique site, turning it into a stylish class act expressing as much refinement as grunt and gravelly power. Its elevated cooler site brings the red flower and fresh herb fragrance, while its aspect allows the grapes to reach perfect maturity from long hours basking in the afternoon sun. This, without losing any of its vital freshness and crunchy, juicy blackcurrant fruit. Firmly focused, this wine convinces you of its staying power, while making it difficult to keep your hands off it also in this youthful attractive state. That´s what you can call a dream scenario for a classically styled Cabernet Sauvignon. Without a doubt, one of the best expressions of the variety in the country. " - MMW

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They were picked into small lug boxes and cooled overnight to 14 degrees C., then de-stemmed and carefully hand-sorted, crushed into small open fermentation vats and cold-soaked for 2-3 days until natural fermentation started. The next day they were inoculated with a mix of yeasts, half with a South African strain and the other half with an imported Bordeaux yeast. About 25% of the wine was fermented with natural yeasts. Vigorous punchdowns were given every 4 hours for the first half of fermentation, then every 6-8 hours thereafter.

This wine is based on a higher elevation vineyard site with a finely textured decomposed granite soil with a clay sub-soil and a gentle Southwest-facing slope. The wines made from this vineyard always seem to have good ripeness coupled with good natural acidity and a unique floral note that sets it apart from our other blocks of cabernet. There are five different clones within the block, but we focus on just three: clone 46 which is well structured, but with less forward fruit; clone 27 which tends to have a firm tannin; and clone 163 which is quite fruit forward. The grapes were hand-harvested in early March.

Stark-Condé Wines

Stark-Condé Wines is located in the picturesque Jonkershoek Valley in Stellenbosch. It is a dramatic valley with steep changes in vineyard elevation from 150 to 600 metres making for a range of sites with distinct characteristics. At Stark-Condé they stick to traditional winemaking methods: open tank fermentation meticulous sorting of grapes hand-punchdowns basket pressing and maturation in small French oak barrels.