Red Blend - Solms Delta - Solms-Wijn de Caab Hiervandaan

Dark colour, intense flavours, dried orange peel aromas; rich tannic wine with great ageing potential.

STYLE OF WINE: Classic Rhône style wine but with desiccated component by an ancient Greek method.

Vinification: 12% of the blend was from Shiraz grapes desiccated on the vine to concentrate flavours and intensify colour.  Only the skins of the Viognier were used.  These were fermented till dry and left in the tank for three weeks.  Pressed directly after fermentation. Regular stirring of the lees.

WOOD MATURATION: Matured for 13 months in mostly new French oak from the forests of Allier.  Regularly stirred in the barrels.

ANALYSIS: Alcohol                      13.5 vol %
               Residual Sugar           2.1 gm/l
               Total Acidity               6.2 gm/l
               pH                            3.62

BACKGROUND: ‘Hiervandaan’ (meaning ‘from this place’) is a word with special significance in the colonial history of the Cape.  It was used by early European settlers to define their new identity:  ‘Ons is hiervandaan, ons is Afrikaners.’  (‘We are from this place, we are Africans.’)

HISTORY OF FARM: The 320 year old Franschhoek farm has reclaimed its historic role as a wine estate under the direction of Prof. Mark Solms, a world-renowned neuroscientist recently returned to South Africa.