Saxenburg Private Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
R345,00
The Saxenburg Private Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 vintage has a bright garnet and ruby colour. The nose is layered with mulberry, prune, bramble, tobacco, mocha and fynbos notes. The entry on the palate is smooth with refined, sculpted tannins, a bright acid culminates in a dark cherry finish.
This is a typical Polkadraai Hills Cabernet Sauvignon – showing impressive freshness, refined dark fruit, and elegance. It is sourced from a single vineyard block next to the cellar, but small additions of bush vine-grown Cabernet Franc (6%) and Malbec (3%) add layers of complexity and texture.
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In the cellar
Destemmed, no crushing. Combination of pump overs and punch downs initially. Later in ferment less pump overs and no punch downs. Aged in 21% new oak, 21% 2nd fill for 12 months. 6% Cabernet Franc and 3% Malbec blended in.
In the vineyard
Predominantly from Kraal, with some Young Cab barrels blended in. Small additions of bushvine Cabernet Franc and Malbec.
Ageing
12 months
Cultivar
91% Cabernet Sauvignon; 6% Cabernet Franc; 3% Malbec
About the Wine Estate
When Adrian and Birgit Bührer took ownership of Saxenburg in 1989, the farm, and South Africa as a nation, was in dire need of rejuvenation. Thanks to their grit and unflappable perseverance, they tenaciously stuck to their vision. They traded their familiar surroundings of Switzerland for a homestead in the Cape Winelands. Fiona and Vincent are the second-generation Bührer Family custodians of Saxenburg Wine Estate with the mission to showcase our incredible terroir in the Polkadraai Hills and to create special Saxenburg moments with people from all walks of life.
