Carmen Stevens Carménère 2022
R610,00
Dark dense colouring.
The wine shows a fullness of ripe black currant berries fused with a prominent spicy element. The palate entrance is soft with an impactful
depth of flavour, tannins that are present and ripe, and just enough freshness to carry the wine and linger with an evident spice on the palate.
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In the cellar
Our fruit is hand-picked and hand-sorted to ensure the purest fruit expression of the varietal. Spontaneously and selected yeast was employed to add to the palate feel of the final wine. The fermented juice was drawn off twice a day and then slowly percolated over the skins to minimize the extraction of greener herby aromas and flavours. This action also adds oxygen to stabilize colour and help soften the tannin structure. The wine was matured in a combination of 25% new French oak, 50% older oak for 15 months, and 25% in concrete Eggs before bottling.
In the vineyard
The Carménère 2022 fruits are grown against the Helderberg Mountain slopes of Stellenbosch. The final blend consists of Carménère at 89 % and Cabernet Sauvignon at 11%. The Carménère fruit is grown in a combination of Sandstone and coffee stone (Koffie Klip) soils while the Cabernet Sauvignon fruit is grown on decomposed granite soils.
Ageing
15 months
Cultivar
Carménère 89% and Cabernet Sauvignon 11%
Food Pairing
The fullness and dense expression on the nose and palate of the Carménère make this wine an ideal partner to a rich Molten Chocolate Lava cake served with a selection of fresh berries in season.
About the Wine Estate
Carmen Stevens Wines was established in 2011 with the maiden vintage in 2014.
Carmen Stevens has been in the South African Wine Industry since qualifying in 1995.
Carmen graduated as the first black South African to study the art of winemaking in South Africa.
In January 2019, Carmen registered the first 100% black-owned winery in South Africa in the picturesque Stellenbosch.