Tasting Notes

Colour: Attractive, intense deep purple-red with a crimson edge.
Nose: Sweetness on the nose with complex marmalade, apricots, currants and black cherries. Subtle hints of perfume with chocolate.
Palate: Complex and full mouthfeel with lemon and naartjie zest, Hints of chocolate and dried fruits. Excellent structure and balance of flavours with an incredibly long finish.

Tinta Barocca, Touriga Nacional

Food Suggestions

This wine goes beautifully with any thing containing chocolate, or Blue Cheese.

In The Vineyard

From our 2001 vintage we have used Tinta Barocca and Touriga Naçional grapes - moving closer towards the Portuguese style of port, which are usually a blend of cultivars rather than only one cultivar. This vintage of grapes are from two different blocks, a block of Tinta Barocca, and from very promising block of Touriga.

About The Harvest

Harvesting takes place when the grapes are fully ripe and packed with flavours.

In The Cellar

The Tinta Barocca and Touriga National are crushed together into traditional open fermentors (kuipe). We allow the must to start fermenting naturally (no yeast inoculation) and the cap is continuously punched down every four hours during fermentation for maximum colour and flavour extraction. When the desired amount of sugar has been fermented into alcohol the grapes are pressed and fortified with 80 vol% brandy spirits and aged in old 225 liter French Barrels for 18 months.

Wood Maturation:18 Months in used 225 liter oak barrels.