Camino Africana Cabernet Franc

Camino Africana Cabernet Franc

Tasting Notes

The wine was made with the absolute minimum intervention and to allow the old vines to express the true flavours of the site and variety with as gentle a human touch as possible. The wine has an unmistakable minerality and the salty, Umami flavour on the palate that can only be found when vines have struggled for decades to make their mark in the soil.

Blend Information

100% Chenin Blanc

In The Vineyard

Soil types: Sandy, loam topsoil to granitic gravel subsoils, decomposed granite shale
Appellation: W.O. Stellenbosch – Bottelary Hills
Vines per hectare: 3000
Trellis system: bushvine, single wire cordon

About The Harvest

All grapes were hand picked from two vineyards of bushvines planted between the 1960’s and1980’s
Harvest dates: February-March 2023
Average Production: 3-5t/ha

In The Cellar

Bunches are whole pressed and then 90% fermented with natural yeast in older French oak barrels and 10% in concrete eggs.  Sulphured after primary fermentation to prevent MLF, followed by 12 months maturation on the lees.

Additional Information

This wine signifies something truly special to a winemaker and is part of the journey in life and wine in South Africa, hence the name, Camino Africana, “The African Way”.

Edgebaston Vineyard, situated in the foothills of the Simonsberg Mountain in the Northern reaches of the Stellenbosch wine region, is the home of David Finlayson’s range of premium wines.

With over 25 years of winemaking experience gained in South Africa and a number of wineries around the world, including Chateau Margaux in France and Peter Lehmann wines in Australia, David Finlayson is a name synonymous with producing wines from top quality Burgundian and Bordeaux grape varieties alike.

Born and raised in Stellenbosch and a third generation grape grower and vintner, David Finlayson and his family purchased the run down Edgebaston farm in 2004 and began the painstaking replanting and rebuilding process to create the picturesque 30 hectare vineyard that is the Edgebaston Vineyard today.

To see our range of David Finlayson wines, click here to go to the web page

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Camino Africana Cabernet Franc