2023 Finca La Linda Malbec

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La Linda wines are made seeking accuracy and clarity in the fruity expression of each variety, what is achieved through an early harvest and a well-cared-for winemaking process that strengthen the wine’s fresh aromas and juicy character.

Made using grapes grown in its own 30-year-old vineyards, located in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, at an average altitude of 960 meters.

Tasting Notes

Colour

A bright violet red wine

Nose

Highly expressive aromas that are reminiscent of red fruit and spices.

Palate

It is straightforward and flowing in the palate, with incipient tannins. An intense, gentle, juicy and full bodied wine, with a marked varietal typicity and a very pleasant finish, with everything that a young Malbec has to offer.

Winemaking

Handpicking, selection of clusters, destemming and grain selection. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 28°C with selected yeasts. When alcoholic fermentation is completed, it is aged in concrete and stainless steel tanks. Lightly filtered while bottled.

Specifications

Year	2023
Bottle Size	750ml
Cultivar	100% Malbec
Country	Argentina
Alcohol content	13.5 % alc vol
Units of Alcohol per Bottle	10.1 units
Type	Red Wine
Cellaring Potential	Drink young, at a temperature of between 15°C and 18°C.
Food Matches	This wine goes very well with stuffed pasta, grilled red meat, and cheese and cold cuts platters.
Dietary Information	Vegetarian & Vegan approved
Allergen Information	Contains sulphites
Appellation	Mendoza

2023 Coterie by Wildeberg Cabernet Franc Malbec

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Wildeberg’s rationale is to source the finest vineyards available to us across Franschhoek and the Coastal Region, from which cuvées the eyes are plucked to make Wildeberg and the Terroir Series releases In doing so there remains a small yet definitive expression of all the vineyards we worked with, and its these cuvees that are again selected to go into Coterie by Wildeberg. All fruit is hand-harvested in February from selected sites in Franschhoek and Paarl. Both cultivars are fermented whole bunch, with some whole berry fruit, there is no crush, just a daily pump over during the natural fermentation. We want to express place over cultivar so this slow, gentle extraction gives wines truer of origin than winery. The components are racked to French and Austrian oak, new and old, for 20 months before blending and bottling.

Producer

The Earth’s mantle thrusts up above the gentle town of Franschhoek, a wild slice of untamed mountain on which sits a farm named Wildeberg. An established wine region for some 350 years, sensible generations never thought to plant a vine here until a happy band of idealists recently craned their necks up at this hillside and, dizzy with hope, decided to give it a go. Franschhoek is on the very edge of the south-eastern corner of the Cape’s venerable Coastal Region, indeed Wildeberg’s property border runs over the top of the mountain where the Coastal Region gives way to the baboon-strewn road to Grabouw and the wider Western Cape.

The Wildeberg wines express the most captivating Franschhoek Valley fruit. In our Wildeberg Terroirs bottlings we look beyond our home to a clutch of exceptional sites of other origin.

A mountain rich in metaphor with the visual heft to flatter any wine, releases of Wildeberg and Terroirs express our continued purpose – exceptional wines of place, however humble the origin. If the abiding memory of our wines remains a textural sense of place then we are portraying the Cape as hoped.

Sustainability

Wildeberg is a 144ha wine farm set against the backdrop of the dramatic Franschhoek mountains, on the very edge of viticultural possibilities. To farm here you have to be in tune with nature, respecting the earth and the elements, creating wines which truly express the terroir with minimal intervention.

This special area is home to 4 endangered Fynbos species, and a key mission of Wildeberg is to conserve this vegetation type as they are critical to the biodiversity of the Western Cape. This work entails clearing invasive alien trees which can overwhelm the Fynbos and contribute to the threat of forest fires. Fynbos covered mountains like those at Wildeberg are thought to be responsible for delivering one glass of water in five in South Africa, due to the plants allowing up to 80% of rainwater to run off into rivers and reservoirs rather than being absorbed into the soil.
Water is precious in South Africa, and waste water from the winery passes through a natural wetland with indigenous reeds and plants before being pumped into our irrigation dam. We then use this water to irrigate the vines.

All Wildeberg wines are certified as part of South Africa’s sustainability accreditation, the ‘Integrated Production of Wine’ (IPW) system. The IPW scheme, started in 1998, consists of a set of audited guidelines specifying agricultural practices, manufacturing practices and bottling activities.

Wildeberg is also a proud member of the Cape’s Old Vine Project (OVP), which preserves blocks of vines which are 35 years and older. The project encourages producers to farm as close to nature as possible whilst raising awareness of the inherent potential of old vines to produce outstanding and expressive wines.

Awards for 2021 Vintage

Bronze - 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards
Silver - 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards

Specifications

Year	2023
Bottle Size	750ml
Cultivar	67% Cabernet Franc, 33% Malbec
Country	South Africa
Alcohol content	14.5% ABV
Units of alcohol per bottle	10.9 units
Type	Red Wine
Allergen Information	Contains Sulphites
Dietary Information	Vegan & Vegetarian Approved
Food Matches	Grilled meats, especially lamb and spiced meat dishes.
Appellation	W.O. Coastal Region

2021 Coterie by Wildeberg Cabernet Franc Malbec

2022 Bodegas Altolandon, Mil Historias Malbec (Organic)

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An organic Malbec that exhibits a powerful and complex structure.

Tasting Notes

Nose

Bright ruby to dark purple in colour, it promises plenty of power.The nose is complex with powerful aromas of blackberry and blueberry with, rose, rosemary, violets and floral notes as well as a hint of spice.