Winemaking & Terrior
The 2019 AIDAN is a blend of 39% Syrah, 36% Petit Verdot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. The bunches were hand harvested at early morning hours and spent the night in a 4 degree Celsius room before being hand sorted to berry level on its way to tank. The batches all fermented in their own, small vessels before being gravity drained and basket pressed to barrel. The wine was inoculated for Malolactic fermentation, and post the secondary fermentation spent a further 18 months in 79% New French oak and 21% 2nd-fill French oak barrels. The 2019 AIDAN may be our most focused to date, holding a restraint bouquet to test his usual fan's resolve. Its subtlety perfectly captures the cooler 2019 growing season Constantia.
Tasting Notes
The nose of appealing cedar wood and black cherry is lifted by tart cranberry at the plunge of the palate, with fleeting notes of geranium and cassis in the distance. Higher skin to juice-ratios with smaller berries have resulted in a wine with an incredibly refined tannin structure and texture plenty. To close: A stupendously fresh acidity and the gritty salinity our Beau Constantia wines have become wellknown for. Enjoy with an earthy leek and wild mushroom risotto, or a simple springbok carpaccio topped with arugula, parmesan, pine nuts and a splash of local olive oil.
About Beau & OAD
In 2019, the Scotts and us founders of OAD went on a trip to South Africa and was absolutely blown away by the experience we had at Beau Constantia. A borderline 10 out of 10 dining experience at the vineyard just outside Cape Town. More importantly, they also had a retail outlet of their pretty sublime wine. Not only great tasting notes, but also unreal value, which has since been an undefeated champ in our wine fridge over the past years. As we needed to restock our supplies, we learned that the great people over at Beau had yet to have a distributor in Hong Kong, so we entered a partnership based on our shared affinity of great wines and good times.
