Tokara Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Collection 2021

Only grapes from the best blocks and from the best parts of these blocks are used. The average yield is between 6 and 8 t/ha. The grapes were hand-picked at optimal ripeness. The grapes were gently de-stemmed, before passing across a sorting table for the removal of all unwanted leaves or stalks and then crushed directly into tanks for fermentation using only gravity. There is a period of cold maceration for up to 5 days before the fermentation starts spontaneously (using the natural yeast strains present on the grapes). The grapes were fermented in stainless steel and wooden upright (foudre) fermenters. Pump-overs, dellastage and punching down of the cap were implemented twice a day for extraction until the fermentation completed. The tanks were given maceration post fermentation. The wines spent a total of twenty-two months in 48% new French oak - the rest being second and third fill French oak barriques. During maturation the wines received four racking’s, all done barrel to barrel.