Eisen & Viljoen Vintage 2014

Normandie Est. 1693 is one of the original twenty nine French Huguenot-settled farms in the Franschhoek region of the Cape Winelands. Our privileged location on the mid slopes of the majestic Groot Drakenstein Mountain peak is twenty-eight kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean. Set in a unique microclimate of hot days and cool nights sixteen of our forty eight hectares are planted to vine with Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot and Petit Verdot grape varieties. Our aim is to honor and progress our more than 300-year-old private estate and to produce iconic wines of exceptional quality by hand that match and represent the immense physical beauty and natural gifts of their origins.

This Bordeaux Blend hails from Franschhoek in the Western Cape. The 2015 was cropped at less than 28 hectolitres per hectare and was the ealiest in the last ten years. Aged in French oak, of which 50% is new, the maturation lasts for 20 months ahead of a further two year ageing in bottle before release. A unique double-waxed seal adorns the bottle.