De Reuck Cabernet Sauvignon 2007,South Africa De Reuck Cabernet Sauvignon price supplier

The Family owned, boutique, award winning winery Crow’s Nest produces classical, complex wines for the connoisseur. Owner / Winemaker Marcel de Reuck says, “Wines should have a presence, and our wines speak for themselves.”  

“Producing the perfect wine is a never ending quest that demands all our time and energy. We know there is an easier and cheaper way of making wine and even easier ways of making a living”, but here Marcel de Reuck has chosen his way, which can only be summed up as, no compromise, period.

          “We strive to produce a wine that has a consistent Marcel de Reuck style with a silky, fruit driven mid-palate, a classic wine which is harmonious and well balanced with a style of its own.”

Marcel de Reuck - Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

Grapes are hand picked in small crates, hand sorted in the cellar.

Destalked, crushed and cold soaked for three days.

Fermentation is started and skin contact for 26 days commences (the norm is 7-9 days),

The wine is mostly French but some Hungarian oak barrel matured – 20% new for 30 months

The wine are very lightly filtered and not cold stabilized for maximum quality (kept as natural as possible)

Low sulpher content, within that of organic wine specifications

Tasting notes:

Noble Cabernet Sauvignon, aged in barriques, 20% new, deep color, ripe aromas of berries and Vanilla with spicy, smooth, measured dry ripe tannins on the palate.     

PH              3.75  

TA               5.5 g/l

R/S             3.2 g/l

ALC            15.5 %