Technical Analysis
Skuinsberg Cinsaut was planted in 1991 on the steepest slope (Skuinsberg) on Kaapzicht: the hills have claimed quite a few tractors over the past 40 years!
Tasting note
Lovely dense, earthy, savoury, sun-dried strawberry and bramble berry fruit nose. Full and fleshy, this is showy, bright and mouth watering, displaying a crunchy edge, saline acidity and a fine sweet macerated redcurrant finish.
Vinification details
Grapes hand-harvested from the steepest slopes on Kaapzicht Estate planted in 1991. The grapes are crushed and destemmed and fermented with an inoculated culture of biodynamic yeast for 4 days on the skins. After completion of malo-lactic conversion, the wine is racked and transferred to 225l old barrels for ageing. After 10 months in barrel the wine is blended and bottled.
Technical Analysis
Skuinsberg Cinsaut was planted in 1991 on the steepest slope (Skuinsberg) on Kaapzicht: the hills have claimed quite a few tractors over the past 40 years!
Tasting note
Lovely dense, earthy, savoury, sun-dried strawberry and bramble berry fruit nose. Full and fleshy, this is showy, bright and mouth watering, displaying a crunchy edge, saline acidity and a fine sweet macerated redcurrant finish.
Vinification details
The grapes were hand-picked and fermented in old 500L French Oak casks.
Technical Analysis
Skuinsberg Cinsaut was planted in 1991 on the steepest slope (Skuinsberg) on Kaapzicht: the hills have claimed quite a few tractors over the past 40 years!
Tasting note
Lovely dense, earthy, savoury, sun-dried strawberry and bramble berry fruit nose. Full and fleshy, this is showy, bright and mouth watering, displaying a crunchy edge, saline acidity and a fine sweet macerated redcurrant finish. (Greg Sherwood MW)
Vinification details
The grapes were hand-picked and fermented in old 500L French Oak casks with nothing added; ‘no fuss, and no frills’.
Technical Analysis
Skuinsberg Cinsaut was planted in 1991 on the steepest slope (Skuinsberg) on Kaapzicht: the hills have claimed quite a few tractors over the past 40 years!
Tasting note
Lovely dense, earthy, savoury sun-dried strawberry and bramble berry fruit nose. Full and fleshy, this is showy, bright and mouth watering, displaying a crunchy edge, saline acidity and a fine, sweet, macerated, redcurrant finish. Delicious. (Greg Sherwood MW)
Vinification details
The grapes were hand-picked and fermented in old 500L French Oak casks with nothing added; ‘no fuss, and no frills’.
Technical Analysis
Skuinsberg Cinsaut was planted in 1991 on the steepest slope (Skuinsberg) on Kaapzicht: the hills have claimed quite a few tractors over the past 40 years!
Tasting note
Dark ruby coloured core, which is bold for the cultivar. Black cherry and plums combine with sweet herbs and a slight smoked meat element. Generous fistfuls of chunky red and black fruit on the full palate that is juicy, yet structured, savoury and dry. Cinsaut’s daddy! (Higgo Jacobs)
Vinification details
The grapes were hand-picked and fermented in old 500L French Oak casks with nothing added; ‘no fuss, and no frills’.
Technical Analysis
Skuinsberg Cinsaut was planted in 1991 on the steepest slope (Skuinsberg) on Kaapzicht: the hills have claimed quite a few tractors over the past 40 years!
Tasting note
A darker than usual core for Cinsaut, on the nose and palate black cherry and plums combine with sweet herbs and a slight smoked meat element. Juicy yet structured, savoury and dry.
Vinification details
Picked by hand, the first 2 tonnes to enter the winery were whole bunch fermented, with the remainder destemmed (on average 20% whole bunch with stems). After inoculating with RX60 yeast, the temperature was kept below 25°C and the wine had three pumpovers a day to gently extract colour and flavour. At around 2° balling the grapes were pressed and transferred to old French barrels to finish fermentation. The wine underwent malolactic fermentation and was aged for 12 months in these barrels before being bottled.
