Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon - Wente Vineyards

With the Wente Vineyards Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon a first-class red wine comes into the swirled glass. In this it shows a wonderfully bright, crimson color. This U.S. cuvée shows wonderfully expressive notes of black cherries, plums, morello cherries and blackberries in the glass. These are joined by hints of gingerbread spice, oriental spices and cocoa bean.

The Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon from Wente Vineyards is ideal for all wine lovers who like as little residual sweetness as possible in their wine. However, it never appears meager or brittle, as one might naturally expect from a wine beyond the supermarkets. Balanced and complex, this dense red wine presents itself on the palate. Finally, the finale of this red wine from the wine-growing region of California impresses with considerable reverberation.

Vinification of the Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon from Wente Vineyards

This balanced red wine from the USA is vinified from the grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Durif, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Tempranillo. The berries for this red wine from the USA are harvested exclusively by hand when they are perfectly ripe. After the harvest, the grapes are immediately taken to the press house. Here they are selected and carefully ground. Fermentation then takes place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. At the end of fermentation, the Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon is aged for 16 months in French and American oak barrels.

Food recommendation for the Southern Hills Cabernet Sauvignon from Wente Vineyards

This US red wine is best enjoyed tempered at 15 - 18°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to spicy curry with lamb, leek tortilla or pumpkin casserole.

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