Boschendal
Boschendal Heritage Black Angus

Color: red 
Character: dry 
Volume: 0.75 liters 
Variety: 70% Shiraz, 12% Cabernet Franc, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot 
Vineyard: Boschendal 
Vintage: 2019
Region: Franschhoek, South Africa 
Alcohol: 14% vol. 
Drink temperatur: 18°C 
Description: 
As well as its wines, Boschendal is also famed for its ethically reared Angus cattle. The Black Angus is named in homage to the cattle, and has a 66% Shiraz base, rounded off by Petit Verdot (12%), Cabernet Sauvignon (11%) and Cabernet Franc (11%). This is the original ‘estate blend’ of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon that Boschendal launched in the 1980s under the Grand Reserve label.
 
Duckitt added more complexity and intricacy to the blendwith the addition of Petit Verdot for richness and the Cabernet Franc for style and sophistication (neither of which were available on the estate in the 1980s). This has add a rounded complexity to the wine. All four varieties were separately vinified, malolactic fermented and barrel matured for 18 months, before being blended and bottled in the new Boschendal Heritage Bottle in July 2016.
 
The wine, with each bottle also individually numbered, mesmerizes with a beautiful ruby colour, and first impression of berry and plum aromas layered with winter spice and roast cacao bean complexity. The entry is smooth and rich leading to sumptuous ripe mulberry, black cherry and cassis flavours etched with black pepper and oak spice on the palate. The finish is long and moreish, with tremendous texture and lingering fruit concentration. It is a taste immersion worth savouring, and returning to.