Mvemve Raats Mixed Case

MR de Compostella 2023:

Aging potential:

Will drink even better in time and can mature for more than 15
years if cellared correctly

Blend information:

30% Cabernet Franc ; 26% Cabernet Sauvignon; 19%
Malbec; 17% Petit Verdot; 8% Merlot;

Food suggestions:

Well-aged sirloin / Rib-eye or Filet mignon / Hard cheeses

MR Vesperi 2024:

ageing potential 10 years 

blend information 41% Chenin Blanc/ 37% Sauvignon Blanc/ 22% Semillon 

food suggestions Wild Oysters, Crayfish, White Fish, Veal, Semi hard  cheeses  

MR de Compostella 2023:

The aim with this wine was to take each of the five components and make a
varietal wine in it’s own right. The wines were then tasted blind after one year in
barrel. The wines that scored less than 90 points were not considered for the final
blend. The percentage components of the blend were determined by the scores
achieved in the blind tasting. The resultant cuvee is called De Compostella (‘The
Compilation of Stars’).

alc 14. | ph 3.60 | rs 1.5 | ta 5.6

MR Vesperi 2024:

Grapes are all hand harvested - left in a chiller overnight - then processed  the following day to further ferment separately. The Chenin Blanc was aged  in concrete, both the Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc were destemmed, skin  fermented for up to 7 days, basket pressed and then matured in older  French oak barrels for 9 months.  

After 9 months aging on lees - like with the MR de Compostella selection  process - we choose the best individual components in a blind tasting to  then thereafter blend them together in the cellar. The wine then naturally  settles for about 2 months before we rack and bottle the wine. The result  cuvee is called Vesperi (The Evening Star)

alc 13 | ph 3.27 | rs 3.95 | ta 5. 

MR Vesperi 2024  

The cuvee presents a lovely bouquet with lemon curd, French patisserie, egg  whites and light waxy scents. The palate is very well balanced, with a touch  of spice on the tensile entry. Notes of orange rind, apricot and meringue fan  out nicely toward the fresh, textured, slightly honeyed finish that beckons  you back for more.  

MR de Compostella 2023:

The MR de Compostella is a barrel selection from all five varieties, which are
assessed blind and undergo trial blends. Those chosen blends are then evaluated
against the previous five vintages. This has a gorgeous bouquet, quite understated
at first, opening with red fruit, briar and a touch of wild rosemary mixed with
potpourri. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, tensile and brimming
with energy. A touch of black pepper and brown spices emerges as this fans out
wonderfully toward the slightly wet stone mineral finish.