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#389 Rudi Schulz Dungeons Cabernet Sauvignon

VIDEO CHAPTER INDEX:

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00:00 – Terraclim and the cutting edge of Viticulture
02:27 – Intro to the Rudi Schulz Dungeons Cab Sauv 2020
02:34 – Meet winemaker Rudi Schulz
03:38 – Google Earth Studio flyover of the Bottelary Wine Ward
04:46 – Tasting Notes for the Rudi Schulz Dungeons Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
06:26 – Video links that go into more detail on South African Cabernet Sauvignon

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TASTING NOTES

👃🏼 The vanguard carries a lovely complex mix of fruit, cedar spice, cocoa, leather, and a more savoury layer of cinnamon dusted stewed prunes.
👄 The palate is medium-weighted but pleasantly juicy pure blackcurrant core, with brooding roasted black plum elements. Tannins are delightfully refined. This wine is structured, but not big. Interesting puff of white pepper spice on the tail.

TECHNICAL SPECS

🔬 Wine of origin Stellenbosch. Bottelary Hills ward. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Grapes are destemmed, hand sorted, and pumped into two open-top stainless steel fermenters. Only native yeasts are used, and fermentation takes place at roughly 26 °C. Fermentation was completed roughly 10 days, with manual punchdowns occurring five times a day. Eight days of extended skin maceration before pressing after which the wine was racked to barrel for 18 months of maturation in 225 L French oak barrels (30% New, balance second
and third fills).

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