The latest release of Delheim Estate’s icon Grand Reserve underscores the fact that 2020 is set to be one of the best red wine vintages the Cape has experienced in recent memory. Delheim Grand Reserve, the red Bordeaux-style blend from this renowned estate in Stellenbosch’s Simonsberg appellation, has – since its maiden release in 1981 – garnered a reputation as one of South Africa’s foremost red wines with the Grand Reserve 2020 one of the best renditions of this wine in its illustrious history.

A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (69%), Cabernet Franc (12.5%), Petit Verdot (12.5%) and Merlot (6%), Delheim Grand Reserve 2020 expresses the nuances of a classic year for Stellenbosch wine.

Dark ruby red colour with a complex nose of dark fruits dominated by blackberries and blackcurrant followed by notes of tobacco and tomato leaf, fresh lead pencil shavings and cassis. The palate is elegantly poised with dark red fruit and a smooth chalky tannin finish which shows true to the area.