Cabernet Sauvignon

2005 - Gold Medal at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (2009). 2005 - Veritas Double Gold Medal winner(2008). Selected for SAA Premium Class (2007/2008). Received 4 Stars in Platters Guide to SA Wines (2010).

WHEN WE SAY "WHATEVER IT TAKES", WE MEAN "WHATEVER IT TAKES".

A History

Here’s what it took to make our 2006 Cabernet: Each vineyard and bunch of grapes was hand-selected and picked before dawn to ensure no flavours were lost in the heat of the day. After de-stemming with about 10% whole berries, a fifteen day maceration was followed by fractional pressing with the free run and press juices being blended at a later stage. 70% of this wine underwent malo in barrel, spending 18 months in 50% new and 50% second fill French oak. This wine was made to be aged for ten years or more. If your taste buds will let you wait that long.

Name:	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage:	2006
Awards:	Received 4 Stars in Platters Guide to SA Wines (2009)
Production:	2 800 cases
Barrel Ageing:	18 months in 50% new, and 50% second fill French Oak
Maturation:	10 years + from vintage
Alcohol:	14.40% by volume
Residual Sugar:	2.2 g/l
Total Acid:	6.0 g/l
PH:	3.65
Food Matching Classic match for rich stews, rare lamb, beef or springbok fillet, and other venison dishes.
Tasting Note Shimmering with black berry and cherry flavours, Hartenberg’s 2005 vintage is renowned for its full-bodied and complex richness. Soft and delicious, the king of red wine.
Independent Tasting Note "Quintessential Cab with cassis, forest floor & tobacco notes plus taut tannin backbone." - Platters (2009)

WE CAN WIN ALL THE AWARDS IN THE WORLD,
BUT THAT ALL MEANS NOTHING IF WE DON'T HAVE A WORLD.

On Hartenberg, Nature has blessed us.

Not only do we have the ideal soils and climate to make world-beating wines, but also some of the most beautiful nature anyone could ever wish to see.

And we intend to keep it that way. Here’s how:

Half of our farm’s 170 ha is - and shall remain - uncultivated.

There is an ongoing alien vegetation removal and indigenous tree-planting programme.

And, unlike most farms - which follow a preventative spray timetable, we only spray our crops if an immediate threat is perceived.

That’s just for starters.

You see, we put Nature (our factory) first. Regardless of cost or inconvenience.

So the next time you open a bottle of Hartenberg, you’d better believe it’s very very green. Even if its colour is distinctly red.

Cabernet Sauvignon is made for red meat!

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