Helga Irene Cinsault 2020 Banff rounded and long-lasting

rounded and long-lasting

LAPHROAIG ISLAY SCOTCH

A single cask release of the Lowland distillery Bladnoch bottled by Douglas Laing under their Old Malt Cask (OMC) range

Malolactic fermentation and maturation took place for 20 months in 225-litre French oak barrels (40% new and 60% 2nd-fill)

with the malt being produced at Yamazaki and Hakushu

Helga Irene Cinsault 2020 Banff rounded and long-lastingDESCRIPTION From a single 0. 9 ha block of bush vines planted in 2003 on decomposed granite soils at Landskroon Farm in Paarl, this wine represents a precise and small scale expression of old vine Cinsault. Clone 756A on 101 14 rootstock was planted at 3,333 vines ha, yielding just 1. 445 tons in 2020. Hand harvested on 5 February, 50% whole bunch, and fermented with F83 yeast after nine days on skins, the wine was pressed and matured before bottling