Constantia Uitsig
Constantia Uitsig, known until 1940 as Constantia View, was the home of the Lategan family for five generations. Their ancestors arrived in this country in 1735.
Constantia Uitsig had been a portion of Simon van der Stel’s original grant of Groot Constantia. In 1894 Willem Lategan married Antoinette Bredell of Schoemanshoek, and with her inheritance he built the present homestead of Constantia Uitsig.
In 1988 the farm was purchased by David and Marlene McCay. Together they have restored the farm to its former glory, and Constantia Uitsig now boasts award winning wines, three world-renowned restaurants, a private cricket oval, Spa and a 16-roomed luxury hotel. In 2006 fifty percent of the wine estate was bought by a consortium.
Just 20 minutes from the heart of the city, Constantia Uitsig is truly Cape Town’s own Vineyard. The breathtaking rural beauty of a valley, where vineyard rows stretch up the mountainside, is unique in today’s overcrowded world.
CONSTANTIA RED 2007
57% Merlot / 41% Cabernet Sauvignon / 2% Cabernet Franc
This wine captures the essence of a cool climate blend and is an excellent example of new world wine with well integrated fruit and subtle lightly toasted wood flavours. Well balanced soft tannins make this an ideal wine to be enjoyed with food or on it's own. Elegant eucalyptus flavours with a hint of plum and black pepper on the nose which follow through onto the palate.
Wine Analysis
Vines Planted: 1991
Balling at harvest: 24,5°
Yield (ton/ha): Merlot: 10 tons/ha and Cab Sauv 4 tons/ha
Wood Contact: 15 months, 70% new, 30% 2nd fill French oak.
Alcohol: 14%
Residual sugar (g/l): 2.5
PH: 3.6
Total acid (g/l): 6.3
Production: 15000 bottles
Bottled: November 2008
