{"id":990573,"date":"2022-04-04T07:37:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T07:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eu.constantiaglen.com\/?post_type=weinbeschreibung&p=990573"},"modified":"2022-05-02T07:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T07:11:52","slug":"2016-constantia-glen-three","status":"publish","type":"weinbeschreibung","link":"https:\/\/eu.constantiaglen.com\/en\/weinbeschreibung\/2016-constantia-glen-three\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Constantia Glen THREE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2016 Constantia Glen THREE<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This delicious blend was carefully crafted from 58% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 17%\nCabernet Sauvignon, all grown on the estate. It was matured for 17 months in 20% new-,\n60% second fill- and 20% third fill French oak barrels. The wine was not fined, but only\nlightly filtered prior to bottling. This elegant vintage shows the round, velvety texture that\nhas become synonymous to the Constantia Glen THREE, but also has good structure and\npower meaning that it can be enjoyed in its youth yet also has the capacity to age and\ndevelop admirably for another 10 years from the harvest under ideal cellaring conditions.<\/p>

Alcohol:<\/strong> 14%
Residual sugar:<\/strong> 2,2 g\/l
pH:<\/strong> 3,54
Titratable Acidity:<\/strong> 5,2 g\/l
Volatile acidity:<\/strong> 0,61 g\/l<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With a dry growing season leading up to the reasonable early 2016 harvest, and textbook\nripening conditions, Constantia Glen managed to reap the fruits of another excellent vintage.\nCountrywide the 2016 harvest is known as one riddled by drought as a result of lower\nrainfall throughout 2015, but with our cool climatic conditions high up against the\nConstantia Mountains, the drier conditions worked in our favour by promoting reproductive\ngrowth of our vines. The dry and slightly warmer-than-usual season resulted in smaller\nberries with increased flavour concentration. Vegetative growth of the canopies was more\nregulated than usual, allowing for better sunlight penetration and air movement in the bunch\nzone to ensure excellent conditions for the ripening of healthy grapes.<\/p>

Harvest was roughly 2 weeks earlier than we normally experience, with the first Merlot coming off the vines on 7 March 2016 and it was also a very action-packed vintage with the Bordeaux varieties all ripening in quick succession. The last block of the Cabernet Sauvignon was picked and processed into the winery on 8 April 2016, bringing a close to the harvest at a similar time to the previous, also slightly warmer vintage. The combination of all these factors resulted in red wines with very good texture, freshness and concentration of ripe-fruit flavours.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Youthful in colour with a dark, deep red core unwinding into a bright and lively garnet rim.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The nose is forthcoming with expressive dark fruit flavours of blueberry, blackcurrant and\nplums. Beyond these initial ripe fruit aromas, there is complex collection of savoury dried herb and peppery notes, and an underlying red raspberry perfume. It shouts of elegance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The red and black fruit illustrated on the nose follow effortlessly onto a medium-bodied\npalate where elegant, velvety tannins grip the palate in a vibrant intensity of flavour. There\nis texture and richness as the wine once again demonstrates the peppery, savoury notes while\nthe wine\u2019s inherent freshness brings about a long, well-defined finish.<\/p>

This classic Constantia red wine is bold with powerful dark fruit flavours yet possesses old world charm with its delicate herbal fynbos notes and fine-grain tannins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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