Cederberg Cabernet Sauvignon 2003

This big wine with dense inky colour is spectacularly full of flavour. Full of complex tobacco, mint and rich plum aromas. The finely tuned fruit and oak tannins balance well with an obvious fruit quality.

Grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon;

£11.50

Datasheet color: country: South Africa region: Cederberg soil: climate: vintage: 2003

Cederberg Wines

Cederberg wines are produced by South Africa`s most uniquely situated wine farm boasting the Cape`s highest lying vineyards. The farm is situated in the Cederberg Wilderness Area, and falls within the Cape ``fynbos``region - one of the worlds` six floral kingdoms. The cellar has leaped into prominence on the South African wine scene with an impressive repertoire of awards, including the coveted Veritas Double Gold medal - South Africs`s top wine accolade. The Nieuwoudt family`s connection with the Cederberg dates back to 1893. Since then there have been five generations of Nieuwoudts on the farm.Appropriately, the family name means `New Wood`. Far from the softer, settled scenes of the estates closer to Cape Town, the Nieuwoudts were pioneers, farming tobacco and fruit in this rocky, high-altitude terrain, before discovering that it provided the ideal terroir for wines of distinction. Today, young David Nieuwoudt carries on the pioneering family tradition making innovative [continues...]

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