Reyneke Wines Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

This particular vineyard on the south eastern facing slope of the Polkadraai Hills, planted in 1994 on decomposed granitic soils has the ability to yield grapes, which showcase this particular site and vintage. It is for this reason that we wait only on extraordinary vintages to make this specific wine, 2017 only being the third vintage. 2017 was a vintage of a lifetime in terms of uit quality and uit purity on the Reyneke farm. A moderately cool growing season without water stress yielded a harvest of clean uit with outstanding analysis. Aer hand-harvesting and overnight chilling, the grapes undergo meticulous bunch and berry sorting. The wine is matured in 225L French barrels for a total of 20 months, aer which only the most exceptional barrels are bottled. 12 months of bottle maturation is allowed, before being released into the market.