De Trafford Cabernet Sauvignon MAGNUM 1,5l Südafrika 2004

TASTING NOTES

Attractive, deep red colour.
Cassis, fresh red berries, toast and cedar nose.
Lovely purity of (complex) fruit and firm persistent tannins follow through to a long dry finish. Quite classic in style and similar to 1994, which is drinking particularly well now.
Probably best between 2010 – 2018.
Enjoy with rich, but subtly flavored classic red meat dishes such as roast lamb.

The spring was cool and late with good, even budburst. We had a few very hot days in early January, but generally the ripening season was relatively cool and dry and nearly 2 weeks later than usual. A light irrigation at veraison ensured the grapes ripened without too much stress. An unusual phenomenon in 2004 was the occurrence of some unripe berries within some of the bunches, which we had to painstakingly remove prior to crushing.

Die Weine von David Trafford gehören durch die Bank weg zum Besten, was in Südafrika in Sachen Wein gemacht wird!
Kein anderes Weingut schafft es, jeden einzelnen Wein so verdammt gut zu vinifizieren!
Kein anderes Weingut produziert so wenig (600-9000 Flaschen je Sorte)!
Kein anderes Weingut wird Jahr für Jahr so hoch vom Wine Spectator ausgezeichnet (90-94 Punkte)!
Kein anderes Weingut arbeitet ausschließlich mit Handpresse, Spontanvergehrung, ohne Filtration, Handabfüllung
und Hand Etikettierung!