Suggested Food Pairing:
Serve at 19°C.Juicy matured rump steak with fondant potatoes and oven roasted broccolini florets, sprinkled with parmesan cheese and fruity olive oil.
Tasting Notes:
Bright garnet in colour with a forthcoming nose of ripe plums, cassis and fragrant cedar wood. Underlying notes of aged leather and liquorice tantalise. Ripe black fruit on the palate with subtle hints of black pepper and vanilla, all tied together with dry, but supple tannins. Enjoy this wine now, or savour it for the next 6 years.
Winemaking Practice:
The grapes were picked in small crates and delivered to the cellar where careful bunch sorting took place to select only the healthy bunches. Destemmed and crushed, the grapes underwent a 72 hour cold maceration with regular pumpovers for optimal colour extraction. Innoculation with a specific yeast strain coupled with gentle pumpovers ensured that the wine fermented to dryness. It spent another 14 days on the skins before being pressed and the free run and pressed portions blended and racked into 300 L French oak barrels, 40% new and the balance seasoned oak. Malolactic Fermentation was followed by a 48 month maturation process. The wine was given a light egg white fining prior to bottling. The wine spent another 6 months in bottle prior to release.
Product or Service
HS220421 - Wine; still; in containers holding 2 litres or less
Wine Attributes
Vintage: 2018
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Region: Coastal – Stellenbosch
Facility
WIETAProduct Certification
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Lifestyle Range – Chenin Blanc
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Contact Infomation
Company Name: Kanu Wines
Company Address: R304 Koelenhof Road, Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, 7599, South Africa
Company General Phone: +27 (0) 21 865 2488
Company General Mail: info@kanu.co.za
Company Website: https://kanu.co.za/
Key Contact: Jason Chen
Key Contact Phone: +27 (0) 73 703 2021
Key Contact General Mail: jason@kanu.co.za
Company Information
Incorporation Date: April 22, 2015
BEE: Not BEE Eligible
Woman-Owned: Yes - 100% Woman Owned
Company Size: 20 –100
Distribution: Retail, Wholesale, Export via Sea
Company Overview: Founded in 1692 as part of the famous Nooitgedacht farm, Kanu underwent various changes and an accumulation of history to become what it is today. As of 1997, the land and the wines became known as Kanu. The farm as we now know it, is located in the Polkadraai Hills of Stellenbosch originally known as Goedgeloof (meaning “good faith”).
Year Started Exporting: |
2019 |
Countries Currently Exporting to: |
China, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, United Kingdom |
Countries Hoping to Export to: |
Denmark, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, South, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Seychelles, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Registered Under the Following Trade Agreements: |
None |