Naudé Oupa Willem Old Vines 2020

Ian Naude’s Oupa Willem 2020 is a wine with more of a nod to history than being named after Ian’s grandfather (oupa) Willem, it is also a recreation of a style of wine that belongs to the South African wine scene of the 1950s and 1960s. 

Oupa Willem 2020 is a blend of 82% Cinsault, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc, spontaneously fermented with 40% of the grapes going into fermenters as whole bunches. The resultant wine clocks in at a surprising 11.5% alcohol.

In the glass this 2020 Oupa Willem glows with a bright translucent red cherry and ruby red plum clarity. Consisting of 82% Cinsault, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc sourced from across the Western Cape in Darling and Stellenbosch, the aromatics show a delightfully lifted, perfumed nose of sun raisined cranberry, red cherries, smoky branded sandalwood, nori seaweed, sweet cedar spice, fynbos and a dusty crushed granite and graphite minerality