Cabernet Sauvignon

Beef, Lamb, Poultry

Metzer Family Wines was established in 2006. Our mission is to produce wines that are expressive and individual employing artisanal non-interventionist principles in the vinification process. The guiding principle driving this process is that the wine-making must always respect the fruit. On the red side our focus is largely on Syrah as we believe few red grape varieties are capable of responding so articulately to different terroirs; while few grape varieties have such a perfect balance of masculine and feminine qualities. In terms of white varieties our passion is Chenin blanc. With its versatility and immense range of flavours it is a variety which lends itself so naturally to minimalist winemaking. Our grapes are ethically cultivated respecting both the environment and human resources. In the cellar a great emphasis is placed on the minimum handling of fruit and no mechanical interventions with pumps filters and reverse osmosis machines are ever used in the process. Fermentation by indigenous yeasts alive on the grapes and resident in the cellar lead to long stable extraction times. Wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered to preserve the life-forces from vineyard to bottle.

92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Shiraz. The Cabernet components hail from three unique vineyard parcels situated in the Steynsrust area of the Helderberg. Two of the blocks are mature bushvine parcels; now a rarity in the Cape winelands.

The 2022 was raised for 15 months in French oak barrels including 30% new wood. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered in May 2023.

This Cabernet has been fermented and aged as naturally as possible, without intervention and in search of an authentic reflection of its origin. The grapes are de-stemmed into open top fermenters, and undergo a cold soaking for 3-5 days. The wine ferments naturally (without the addition of commercial yeast) for a period of 21 days during which it is punched down manually once a day. Thereafter it is gently basket pressed and moved by gravity into barrel.