2023 KABBELEND CINSAULT

TRY ME IF YOU LOVE: Lighter Languedoc reds 

ABV: 13.0%

GRAPES: 100% Cinsault

TASTING NOTES: Crunchy Cinsault from South Africa. With a great delicate florals, fresh red cherries and cranberies. This is a juicy wine for autumn with some bite, spicy and easy to drink, while maintaining a good structure.

PAIRS WITH: Beef bourguignon, lamb, Moroccan and Lebanese cuisine

SERVE ME: Just below room temp or slightly chilled

Grown from organic, dry-farmed bushvines on a plot right on the border of Paarl and Swartland. The grapes are very concentrated due to the low rainfall. With this in mind, the grapes are picked early in the harvest with 50% going towards whole bunch fermentation. This gives the wine fantastic bite and structure. Natural fermentation occurs in stainless steel with native yeasts.

Rook en Spieels is a collaboration project between two old boy winemakers in South Africa who are supposed to be retired. They run a negociant cellar where they buy fruit and juice from other growers to make some exceptionally fun low intervention wines.