Hartenberg The Mackenzie 2008

Name: Hartenberg The Mackenzie 2008
Brand: Hartenberg Estate
SKU: 35579

This classically styled, richly structured wine shows strong blackcurrant notes, as well as violets and dark chocolate aromas. The palate has a mélange of vanillin oak flavours, intermingled black and red fruit..

Rich meat dishes with savoury jus, leg of lamb, sirloin on the bone with red wine jus.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot ]

winery : Hartenberg Estate

winemaker : Carl Schultz

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.21 % vol rs : 2.04 g/l pH : 3.63 ta : 5.91 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full taste : Fragrant wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

ageing : 8 to 12 years from vintage

In honour of the Mackenzie family that headed the development of the new era at the Estate. Their vision remains simple: to do whatever it takes to produce wines of outstanding quality by anybody's standards. To create only what wino's call "the good stuff".

"Sultry, tight knit bramble fruits under veil of fine –grained tannins, but dazzling fruit purity suggests immense pleasure in time” John Platter 2011.

in the cellar : 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec, 5% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot.

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