JB Neufeld "Old Goat" Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Red and dark fruits, herbs, earth, juniper, hint of spice that adds a nice richness to the wine. Generously fruity and handsomely spicy, this full-bodied wine wraps melted tannins around indulgent dried cherry, sweet plum, cinnamon, and cedar flavors. This is a solid wine that deserves attention from Cabernet lovers. Big, broad and easy to sip. 

The Old Goat is intended to be the best blend the winemaker can build out of the sites and varieties that showed their best for a particular vintage. The composition is not always the same every year, but it will instead change and move with that vintage. This vintage JB moved away from Cabernet Sauvignon and to a more Bordeaux blend. Notes of black currants and pencil lead on the nose, followed by cherry, chocolate and dried herbs on the palate.

The grapes were destemmed and crushed, leaving about 20% as whole berries. The must was transferred without using a pump and cold-soaked for approximately 72 hours at around 12°C. Native yeast began fermentation after about 48 hours. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered.