Constantia Glen THREE 2022
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Constantia Glen THREE 2022 is youthful in appearance, this wine has a deep ruby hue. Beautiful concentration of dark fruit aromas on the nose with pronounced blackcurrant and ripe plum is complemented by a subtle touch of dried herbs and a hint of spice. There is a lovely savory complexity beyond the initial ripe fruit with lingering notes of white pepper, graphite, and cedar. The wine is rich and textured, with elegant, velvety, fine-grain tannins that grip the palate in a vibrant intensity of flavour. This wine is poised, elegant and with it’s inherent freshness, brings about a long, well-defined finish. While this wine comes across as tightly wound in its youth, it holds significant ageing potential
HARVEST SUMMARY BY CELLAR MASTER, JUSTIN VAN WYK The 2022 vintage gave us yet another fantastic crop at Constantia Glen. We would characterise 2022 as a cool vintage with a lot of opulence and abundant fruit. Due to a cold winter in 2021 and a cool growing season preceding the harvest, the picking kicked off extremely late; on 28 February 2022 for the white grapes, and on 21 March 2022 for the reds. The red wine harvest commenced on this date with some Malbec grapes directly beside the winery building. Harvesting of red grapes continued for four weeks, as each vineyard block achieved optimal ripeness. The harvest came to a close on 19 April 2022 when the final blocks of Cabernet Sauvignon were picked and processed into the winery. A cool growing season such as this results in slow and even ripening, which is beneficial to the development of complex flavour precursors in the grapes. Thanks to well established vineyards with excellent root systems, the dryland vineyards on the estate ripened the fruit with ease and the 2022 vintage has delivered elegant and refined wines with fantastic richness, structure, and delicious flavour concentration. The freshness and persistent fine-grain tannins evident on the wines in their youth provide me with a lot of confidence that this vintage will be one with excellent ageing potential.
