A.A. Badenhorst Kalmoesfontein Red Blend 2020 750ml

Name: A.A. Badenhorst Kalmoesfontein Red Blend 2020 750ml
Brand: A.A. Badenhorst
SKU: 920714
Price: 32.98 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 93 (3 reviews)

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Composed mainly of Rhône varieties, the “Kalmoesfontein” 2020 Family Red Blend is smartly made and has aromas of red and black fruit essences, spicy notions and dusty flowers. Medium to full-bodied, the wine opens to complex flavors of pepper, black cherry skin and spice plums before offering a fine mineral tension and balanced structure across the mid-palate. The wine glides to a delightful, mouthwatering finish that has me daydreaming of its multiple food and wine pairing applications. Bravo!

Country: South Africa
Region: Coastal Region
Appellation: Swartland

Size: 750ml
Color: Red
Alcohol by Vol: 13.5%

SKU: 920714

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A.A. Badenhorst

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Country

South Africa

Situated on the very tip of the African continent, South Africa has proved itself over three centuries to be an ideal location for producing a wide range of wines. Benefiting from something not dissimilar to a Mediterranean climate, with long, hot summers complemented by both Atlantic and Indian Ocean winds, the grapes which grow on the valleys, mountainsides and plains of this fascinating country can ripen to their fullest capacity, producing wines packed full of fruity flavors and an array of interesting and enticing aromas. As a former colony, South Africa has long since been home to a range of different nationalities, who each brought something of their wine culture with them. As such, many European grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and others have been given time to flourish in South Africa, allowing the country to develop a diverse group of wine types which are proving increasingly popular around the world.

Region

Coastal Region

The coastal region of South Africa is one of the most prodigious and productive wine regions on earth, and one which covers a vast distance making up for most of the tip of the African continent. The history of South African wines is a fascinating and surprisingly long one, with the very first wines in the country being produced by settlers in the 1650s, long before many other New World countries had even been discovered. Today, coastal South African wines are wildly popular around the world thanks to their big, fruity flavors and relative simplicity. Wineries in the region make the most of the hot sunshine, the high quality soils, and the brisk oceanic winds which keep disease at bay and stop the grapes from getting too hot, and produce a wide variety of wines of great distinction.

Appellation

Swartland

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Composed mainly of Rhône varieties, the "Kalmoesfontein" 2020 Family Red Blend is smartly made and has aromas of red and black fruit essences, spicy notions and dusty flowers. Medium to full-bodied, the wine opens to complex flavors of pepper, black cherry skin and spice plums before offering a fine mineral tension and balanced structure across the mid-palate. The wine glides to a delightful, mouthwatering finish that has me daydreaming of its multiple food and wine pairing applications. Bravo!

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James Suckling

A perfumed nose of plums, black cherries, violet and paprika. Medium- to full-bodied with lovely ripe red and black fruit. Very steady intensity and depth, with fruit soaked, granular tannins. Pleasantly fresh at the finish. Aged in concrete. Co-fermented on the skins. A blend of 42% shiraz, 36% cinsaut, 13% grenache noir, 6% tinta barocco and 3% touriga nacional. Best after 2024.

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Vinous Media

The 2020 AA Badenhorst Red Blend (which now prints the farm name, Kalmoesfontein, on the label) contains eight vineyards all picked together over three days. This is very attractive with blackberry, raspberry, a lovely herbal element and dried violets on the nose. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, very well balanced, clean and pure with a dash of white pepper on the persistent finish. Superb.

Winery Notes

The Shiraz and supporting varieties, usually Cinsault, Grenache, and Tinta Barocca, are all hand harvested on the same day. The whole bunches are foot stomped to start fermentation; the destemmed grapes are started in both concrete and large wooden vats. Maturation takes about 16 months in large and then larger casks and vats. Black cherries, liquorice, pepper.

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