Clos Malverne Cabernet Pinotage Devon Valley Stellenbosch
Name:
Clos Malverne Pinotage Stellenbosch
Where it's from:
South Africa, Stellenbosch, Devon Valley
Price per case:
£93.48
Bottles per case:
12 x 75 cl
Style:
Soft & Supple Reds
Description:
Mineral, earthy nose, concentrated mulberry fruit, intense, serious wine. Seymour Pritchard bought the 10-hectare farm Malvern Heights in 1969 from Colonel JW Billingham, who had named the farm after the rolling hills around Malvern in his native England. When winemaking came into Seymour’s sights in the mid-1980’s France was still at the centre of the wine universe so he 'Frenchised' the name to Clos Malverne. By 1985 Clos Malverne had already been supplying its wine grapes to Stellenbosch Farmers’ Winery for a number of years, when Jeremy Walker, now of Grangehurst fame, suggested to Seymour at a braai that Christmas Eve that they make wine from Clos Malverne’s grapes. So, 800 bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon were made in 1986 and this and the 1987 vintage were so encouraging that Seymour decided to go into winemaking full time. The Cabernet Sauvignon ’88 was the first release to the public and a year later Jeremy Walker joined Seymour as full-time winemaker. (12 x 75 cl)
Region:
South Africa, Stellenbosch, Devon Valley
Producer:
Clos Malverne
Product ID:
124745
ClosMalvernePinotageDevonValleyStellenbosch RSA
Description: Vinification: Temperature controlled to ensure maximum use of the Pinotage's excellent flavour potential. Tasting notes: considered by many to be South Africa's benchmark Pinotage, the wine shows flavours of rich and ripe fruit whilst also having a tannin softness that makes the wine very drinkable. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £49.51
ClosMalverne AURET DevonValleyStellenbosch RSA
Description: Vinification: Open top fermentation with hand 'pigeage' and basket pressing. Aged in barrels for 12 months. Tasting notes: a full but approachable flagship wine that highlights ClosMalverne's commitment to Pinotage blending. A wine with potential to age, it shows ripe and full flavours that are balanced by elegant tannins. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £68.01
ClosMalvernePinotage RESERVE DevonValleyStellenbosch RSA
Description: Very deep colour, ripe, open nose with aromas of plums and blackberries. Richly flavoured with plumy, chocolaty fruit and vanilla spice. Soft and rounded but with underlying ripe tannins giving the structure to age up to 5 years. The grapes are hand harvested at optimal ripeness, destalked, crushed and fermented for 3 days on the skins in open fermenting tanks at an average temperature of 32ºC. After fermentation the skins are pressed in traditional basket presses. The free run juice is then combined and malolactic fermentation takes place spontaneously in the tank. The wine is then racked in 225l oak barrels for 4 months before fining, filtering and bottling. Summers in this area are warm and dry with sea breezes from nearby False Bay cooling the vineyards in the afternoons. Winters are wet and cold with high rainfall. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £62.73
ClosMalverne Sauvignon Blanc DevonValleyStellenbosch RSA
Description: Vinification: Cool fermentation in stainless steel, no wood ageing. Tasting note: a European-style wine with intense gooseberry aromas. Total production 2,300 bottles (6 x 75 cl) Price: £57.55
