Mountain Ridge WinesRomans Rivier Vino Rood 2018 (R146.50 Per Bottle, 6 Bottles)

About

Timeless tradition and specially selected vineyards lie behind this range of wines bearing the original name of one of the Cape’s most evocative wine names. The wines are made to portray the unique climate, topography and soils of a very special region, hand-crafted from bunch to bottle to ensure longevity, provenance and superior wine-drinking in every bottle.

Product Features

• A limited-release showcasing the ultimate expression of terroir and our seven decades of wine-making. 
• The wine features a worldly complexity with a gravitas complemented by a refined elegance. 
• Evocative notes of bright red fruit such as raspberries and blackberry lead to broody and dramatic flavours of truffle, mocha and cigar-box, with an intriguing smokiness. 
• The mid-palate holds muscular, sleek tannins, leading to a long, slow finish
• The process began in the vineyard with hand-selection of optimum quality grapes. 
• Cold maceration was done reductively for two days with 25%-30% of the juice bled-off to ensure the most effective extraction finest juice-to-skin contact, a combination of pump-overs (every 3 hours) and manual punch-downs were deployed done. 
• When fermented dry, the wine was racked off for malolactic fermentation before being transferred to French oak barrels for 12 months. 
• Under the cellar master's guidance, only the best barrels were selected for the final blending, ensuring a riveting, complete red wine of superior quality.
• Ageing potential 10-15 years

Product Specification

• Wine Type - Red Blend
• Region: Western Cape
• ABV: 13.96%