Stark Conde Cabernet Sauvignon Stellenbosch – South Africa 6 / Case

”fruit source: from 4 different vineyard blocks mostly from our own oude nektar farm age of vines: cabernet 10-22 years at harvest; merlot and cab franc 12 years; petit verdot 9 years details of vinification and oaking: the grapes for this wine are from 4 different cabernet vineyards and our best merlot cabernet franc and petit verdot vineyards all at a mix of different elevations. Although all are on the decomposed granite soils typical of the hillsides in jonkershoek the soil textures vary quite a lot and that together with the differences in elevations and clones gives a variety of different flavour profiles to the grapes. The merlot and cabernet franc grapes were picked in late february and the cabernet sauvignon grapes and the petit verdot were harvested in mid-march. The grapes were picked into small lug boxes and cooled overnight to about 14 degrees before being hand-sorted and crushed into small open-top fermentation vats. After being cold-soaked for a couple of days