Allesverloren Muscadel 2022

COLOUR : Rich pomegranate. BOUQUET : Freshly picked grapes with hints of cinnamon and spice. TASTE : A well-integrated balance of acidity and pH results in a wonderful array of rich berries and spice

The Red Muscadel grapes were selected from a single high-yielding vineyard. The trellised and drip irrigated vines grown at the foot of the Kasteelberg mountain, profit from its shadow to quickly cool down after a hot Swartland day, ensuring a well- balanced pH, acidity and sugar level for harvesting. The wine will age well for at least 25 to 40 years.

These varios mesoclimates provide the ideal conditions for creating big robust red wines. It accounts for the extraordiary depth which vine roots reach here, thus sustaining strong, healthy vines and resulting in deeply coloured, powerfull wines with an excellent concentration of fruit

The grapes lay in open fermenters, with intense pump-overs for maximum extraction prior to fortification. Fortification was done by means of neutral spirits, where the juice was racked off the grapes and pumped into the alcohol