Paul Sauer 2022

Kanonkop, fact sheet (kanonkop.co.za – linket fra kanonkop.co.za, hentet 2026-10-18): 2022 Kanonkop Paul Sauer – område: Simonsberg-Stellenbosch; 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Cabernet Franc, 18% Merlot; alkohol 13.5%; fadlagring 24 måneder, 100% nye fade. Producentens noter (engelsk): Soil: Decomposed Granite and Hutton clay soils. Age of vines: 32 years on average. Irrigation: Dry land vineyards. Trellising: 5 wire hedge. Yield: 4 tons per hectare. Vintage conditions: A cold and wet winter was ideal for late but even budding. The wetter and cooler weather persisted through spring, with a slight heat spike towards the end of January. Later veriason and cool growing conditions made 2022 vintage a memorable one with structured, elegant, age worthy wines. Winemaking/maturation: Fermented in open top concrete fermenters at 29°C. The floating skins were punched down manually, every 2 hours during fermentation. The juice was drawn off the skins after 5 days. After malolactic fermentation the wine was matured for 24 months in 100% new 225L French Nevers oak barrels. Producentens smagsnote (frit oversat fra fact sheet kanonkop.co.za, hentet 2026-10-19): Dyb rubinrød farve. En klassisk, parfumeret næse fuld af kirsebær, cassis, cedertræ, teblade og tomatpuré. Munden er en eksplosion af frugt med dejlige mørke bær, rosenblade, ristet eg og antydninger af blomme. En kompleks, mangelagdelt og raffineret vin med en smuk struktur, afbalanceret syre, fintkornede tanniner og en lang finish. Elegance på flaske.