Springfield Whole Berry Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

The family-run Springfield Estate is located in the mountain-ringed Robertson Valley in the Western Cape. The Bruwer family are fourth-generation wine farmers and ninth-generation descendants of the Bruères, French Huguenots who came to South Africa from the Loire in 1688 with bundles of vines under their arms.The farm has been in the family since 1898 and today, using a combination of sometimes risky winemaking techniques, traditional methods and modern technology, along with a sense of practicality and dogged determination borne from living off the land all their lives, the Bruwer family is able to handcraft wine true to its motto: Made on Honour.
It has often been said that vines deliver best where they have to battle for survival. Hostile, rocky and unforgiving: this is the Springfield terroir. Many different types of soil are found on the estate. Some areas are very rocky, consisting of about 70% quartz rock; others areas are rich in lime, with soil similar to that found in Burgundy and Sancerre. Sandy loam soil can, in turn, be found near the banks of the Breede River. By recognizing these differences in terroir they have been able to make complex, terroir-driven wines from site specific vineyards.