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Constantia Glen Five Bordeaux Blend 2020

R802.00

Region:  Constantia

Tasting notes

A dense, near opaque, ruby red wine showing incredible intensity in the colour of its core, given edge by a lively, yet firm, magenta rim. As the wine is opened and allowed to breathe, the wine presents many different layers. The first impression is that of a rich, dark, fruit driven bouquet with upfront aromas of black plums, black currant and reduced black cherries. For a fleeting moment, these characteristics completely consume the senses, but quickly give way to underlying aromas of cedarwood and graphite. The dense dark fruit flavours are fluently translated from the nose to the palate, where silky, polymerized tannins intersect a fresh mineralty, creating an outstanding mouthfeel with a well-rounded, textural finish that lingers well onto your next sip. This is a focused and elegant blend with fine-grain tannins showing the coolness of the 2013 vintage in Constantia.

Food pairing

This rich red wine would be a delicious partner to a traditional oxtail stew.

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After Simon van der Stel’s death in 1712, his Constantia farm was divided up. The sixty hectares of land (today known as Constantia Glen) would originally – because of its position on the steep slopes of the Constantiaberg  – have been too difficult to farm and was probably used for grazing of livestock for the first hundred years of its history. Johannes Gregorius van Helsdingen was the first to plant vines there and by 1832, when his nephew Johannes Frederick inherited the property, it was a productive farm under 15 000 vines.
A fairly rapid succession of owners followed in the next eleven years until 1843 when Sebastiaan Valentyn van Reenen bought the farm and renamed it Glen Alpine.  In 1851 the land was sold once more and the property changed hands several times over the next 100 years. The Waibel family from Austria bought Glen Alpine farm in 1960 but the land was not commercially farmed until 1995 when it became an elite stud farm for champion Red Angus breeding stock.  In January 2000, following a devastating wild fire on the Cape Peninsula that destroyed most of the farm vegetation and required that the Red Angus cattle be evacuated, extensive soil tests took place around the property and the first vineyards were planted in September 2000. Twenty-nine hectares are planted with wine grapes today. The Waibel’s determination to produce high quality wines has proven a success .
Constantia Glen has a unique position cradled between the Constantiaberg and Table Mountain, with predominantly north-east facing slopes. Decomposed granite and Table Mountain sandstone are the dominant soil types. Cool maritime breezes from the Atlantic, directly off False Bay, regulate the annual average temperature at a mild 16˚C.

The Five Bordeaux Blend is the estate’s signature blend consisting of the five archetypal Bordeaux varieties – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot.