Elevation is a blend of Shiraz and Cabernet, made for ageing. This is South African wine at its most sophisticated.
Stem code: 13DET12B
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Impressive deep red to purple colour. Lush blackberry and spicy fruitcake aromas. Dense tannins and intense cassis fruit provide a rich supple almost thick texture. This is a wine with a long life ahead of it.
De Trafford Elevation 393
This wine is made from a blend of grape varieties including Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. It is a very rich, full bodied wine with fruitcake aromas and flavours of blackcurrant and sweet vanilla.
Lush blackberry and spicy fruitcake aromas with dense tannins and intense cassis fruit providing a rich supple almost thick texture.
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Intense
For people who enjoy big, bold wines that really pack a punch. For many who enjoy similar wines it’s a case of the bigger the better!
David Trafford is one of South Africa’s most individual winemakers. David is completely self-taught, save for a few months working a vintage in St Emilion. By trade he is an architect – hence the blueprint designs on his labels – but in 1983 he decided to plant a small vineyard for fun. In 1991 David turned his part-time hobby into a full-time career. Twenty years on, he is one of South Africa’s most decorated winemakers.
The wines have rich fruit and a juicy ripeness but they are crisply pressed and structured too. His ability to blend New World innovation and Old World methodology can perhaps be best seen in his sweet Straw Wine, which has quickly become one of the Cape's most fiercely sought after wines.
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