Swartland Red Wine 'Elpidios'

38% Grenache Noir, 36% Syrah, 10% Pinotage (they no longer make a varietal Pinotage, alas), 9% Carignan, 7% Cinsault. Made in similar fashion than to their main Grenache in terms of long, gentle extraction, the use of 50% on average whole bunches, pressed off and matured partially in bigger format vertical foudre and old 500 L neutral French oak barrels. Matured for a year before bottling and then matured in bottle for 18 months before release.

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