Paul de Villiers The Heritage Cinsaut

Great food partners are ham, pork, chicken with chorizo or even with sardines and salmon. Serve lightly chilled in summer, otherwise between 16 – 19°C.

Five generations of passionate winemakers have contributed to making Landskroon one of Paarl’s leading wine brands. The current cellarmaster, Paul de Villiers, proudly continues this heritage as the 5th generation of the family at Landskroon. Paul runs the estate with his brother, Hugo, and cousins, Madelief and Huguette.

After fermentation, malolactic fermentation also took place in the tank. The wine was then transferred to 2nd and 3rd fill French oak barrels to mature for 12 months prior to bottling.

Grapes from selected parts of a 19-year-old bush vineyard were hand-picked in the early morning to take advantage of the cool climate and to capture fresh fruit flavours. The harvest was done at 24°B. After crushing, the mash was cooled down to about 14°C and kept at that temperature for 24 hours to extract more fruity flavours from the skins. Inoculation with a selected wine yeast strain then followed. The yeast selection was specifically done to enhance and extract the most delicate fruity aromas from this special grape variety.