Glenelly Estate Lady May 2014

TAST­ING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR

The Lady May Caber­net is sap­py and refined, with a dis­tinct min­er­al­i­ty and under­ly­ing fruiti­ness. Made pri­mar­i­ly from Caber­net Sauvi­gnon with Caber­net Franc, Petit Ver­dot, and Mer­lot grapes blend­ed in, it is fresh and sub­tle, with dense well-aged tan­nins and a long, tight fin­ish. The result of a slight­ly delayed har­vest in 2013, this wine has a greater bal­ance and more com­plex aro­ma than pre­vi­ous vin­tages. It was matured for 24 months in brand new French oak bar­rels and clar­i­fied with nat­ur­al egg whites pri­or to bottling.

PAIR­INGS

A red meat kind of wine, this is the bot­tle you pop open for a beau­ti­ful rare to medi­um-rare steak — like our Chilled Sher Wagyu Striploin by Makati Shangri-La. Or if you pre­fer, a nice, juicy burg­er. Have it with short rib or roast lamb with a side of por­to­bel­lo mush­rooms. This wine is great with hard cheeses like aged Ched­dar or Gou­da and blue cheeses like Stil­ton or Gor­gonzo­la. Still look­ing for an appro­pri­ate side dish? Make your­self a cheesy polenta!

A PER­FECT CON­FLU­ENCE OF ELEMENTS

The winelands of the west­ern South African Cape are a tem­per­ate region sim­i­lar to the Médoc region in Bor­deaux. The vine­yards of Glenel­ly Estate are locat­ed between the Atlantic and Indi­an Oceans, enjoy­ing a prime micro­cli­mate con­ducive to grape ripen­ing. Stel­len­bosch winer­ies gen­er­al­ly plant their vines on west-fac­ing slopes, but Glenel­ly lucked out on the cool­er east-fac­ing ones, allow­ing their grapes to mature slow­ly at an even rate.

Storage Instructions

Store unopened red wines in a cool, dry, and dark place safe from con­stant vibra­tion. Keep your bot­tle hor­i­zon­tal in a wine rack or cel­lar to retain the moist­ness of the cork. The ide­al tem­per­a­ture for stor­age is between 16 to 18°C. Once opened, a bot­tle will be good for 3 to 5 days stand­ing upright in the refrigerator.