Château Oumsiyat Grande Reserve 2020

2020 was an excellent vintage. A cold winter with high rainfall helped to build soil water reserves, which helped to nourish the vines during the hot, dry summer that followed. Pronounced temperature variations between the day and night, resulted in fruit with pleasing aromatic complexity.

Rich and robust, with ripe red fruits enveloped in spicy aromas. On the palate, this is a savoury and earthy wine with warm and expressive flavours through to a long, satisfying finish.

The fruit was carefully sorted to ensure only healthy, ripe grapes were vinified. Traditional vinification took place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures of 28°C with selected yeasts. Pigeage or punching down of the cap took place for the Cabernet Sauvignon and the Syrah in the blend, in order to gently extract tannins. A long post-fermentation maceration took place to extract colour, flavour and impart structure to the wine. Made without oak influence, the Merlot delivers ripe fruits, the Cabernet Sauvignon adds body and mid-palate texture while the Syrah adds structure and spicy notes.