Beau Constantia Lucca 2020

R416.00

(R2,495.01 for 6 x 750ml)

Spicy and floral of wild rosemary and Fynbos, this wine is a true sensory reflection of vines growing surrounded by the magnificent Cape Floral Kingdom. At first it seems to exist on the leafier spectrum of the Cape’s attempt at taming Bordeaux varieties, but finds beautiful balance between complexity and restraint when a single swirl let’s go of the herbaceous and brings to the forefront cassis and red berry fruit.

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This vintage Lucca is a blend of separately fermented, yet equal parts, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The two batches were picked a single day apart, with the Merlot coming in during the early morning hours of 18 March and the Cabernet Franc following only 24 hours later. The grapes were hand sorted down to berry level en route to tank. Both batches spent five days cold soaking before they were allowed to warm up into natural fermentations. After another 20 days on the skins, the wine was gravity drained and the skins basket-pressed to 42% new French oak 225L barriques, where we inoculated for malolactic fermentation. We then allowed the wine to further evolve for 18 months before a light filtration and the eventual bottling.