Les Côteaux Cabernet Franc Paarl WO - Mont du Toit

Les Côteaux Cabernet Franc Paarl WO - Mont du ToitThe barrel-aged Les Côteaux Cabernet Franc Paarl WO from the Coastal winegrowing region offers a bright purple color in the glass. If you hold the glass at an angle, you can see a transition of the wine color towards garnet red at the edges of this barrel-aged wine. This single varietal South African wine flatters the glass with wonderfully expressive notes of blueberry, lily, rose and plum. These are joined by hints of cocoa bean, gingerbread spice and oriental spices. The Mont du Toit Les Côteaux Cabernet Franc Paarl WO presents itself to the wine drinker pleasantly dry. This red wine never shows itself coarse or meager, as one might expect from a wine in the high quality wine range. Balanced and complex, this dense and fleshy red wine presents itself on the palate. The finale of this maturing red wine from the Coastal wine region finally convinces with a beautiful reverberation. Vinification of the Les Côteaux Cabernet Franc Paarl WO from Mont du Toit This balanced red wine from South Africa is made from the Cabernet Franc grape variety. After harvesting, the grapes are immediately taken to the winery. Here they are sorted and carefully crushed. This is followed by fermentation in small wood at controlled temperatures. At the end of fermentation, Les Côteaux Cabernet Franc Paarl WO is aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. Food pairing with the Mont du Toit Les Côteaux Cabernet Franc Paarl WO Enjoy this red wine from South Africa best tempered at 15 - 18°C as a companion to lamb stew with chickpeas and dried figs, boeuf bourguignon or roasted calf's liver with apples, onions and balsamic vinegar sauce.