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Ingredients
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Wine Ingredients
Method
Wine Making Process
- 1
Harvesting Grapes
Select and hand-harvest ripe Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, ensuring only the best quality grapes are used.
- 2
Crushing and Destemming
Destem and crush the grapes to release the juice, then place them in a fermentation vessel.
- 3
Fermentation
Add yeast to the crushed grapes and allow fermentation to occur for about 7-14 days at controlled temperatures.
- 4
Pressing
After fermentation, press the mixture to separate the liquid wine from the solid grape skins.
- 5
Malolactic Fermentation
Allow the wine to undergo malolactic fermentation to soften the acidity and add complexity.
- 6
Aging
Age the wine in oak barrels for 12-24 months to develop flavor and aroma.
- 7
Bottling
Sulfite the wine to stabilize it, then bottle and seal for further aging.