Constantia Glen FIVE 2022
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TASTING NOTE
This wine has a vibrant and youthful dark ruby colour. On the nose, pronounced aromas of Morello cherries, ripe blackcurrant, and plums are elevated by a delicate fragrance of violets and dried herbs. Underlying savoury notes of tobacco pouch, cedar, and graphite add complexity and intrigue.
On the palate, the wine is rich and concentrated, with bold dark fruit flavours that are beautifully balanced by this blend’s inherent freshness. The fine-grained tannins provide a mouth-coating texture and wonderful persistence that creates a lingering finish. This wine is beautifully structured, showcasing a harmonious blend of dark fruit, elegance, and finesse. The wine comes across as tightly wound in its youth, but with all the potential for incredible ageing potential.
TECHNICAL DATA
A carefully crafted blend of 28% Cabernet Franc, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 14% Petit Verdot and 9% Malbec, matured for 19 months in 80% new and 20% secondfill 225 litre French oak
barrels. Following barrel maturation, the wine received a very light filtration before making its way into bottle on 12 December 2023. With no fining agents used during the production of this wine, a harmless sediment may occur during maturation in the bottle. This is a classic and bold vintage of the Constantia Glen FIVE, which will continue to age and develop admirably in bottle for up to 10 to 15 years from harvest, under correct cellaring conditions.
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.
