One Formation Red 2025
R 150,00
Boland Cellar One Formation Red is an elegant South African red blend built around Shiraz and Viognier, bringing together dark berry fruit, savoury spice and subtle floral character. Rich black cherry and dark berry flavours give the wine depth, while white pepper and savoury notes add complexity and character.
The Shiraz provides the wine with its generous fruit and spice, while Viognier adds freshness and a delicate floral lift. French oak maturation contributes further depth and a rounded texture, resulting in a red wine that is polished, balanced and lingering without losing its fruit-driven character.
With its combination of ripe fruit, spice and refined oak, One Formation Red is a distinctive expression of South African Shiraz. It is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a more elegant South African red wine with complexity and depth, particularly alongside lamb and other finely flavoured red meat dishes.
One Formation Red showcases the value of thoughtful blending, bringing different varieties together to create a wine with richness, finesse and plenty of character.
Grape Variety
Shiraz, Viognier
Wine of Origin
South Africa
The Range
Just like bird flocks take flight to migrate in unison, the One Formation range embodies the principles of working together in collaboration in all aspects from the vineyard to the bottle. A single purpose of quality excellence is the driving force behind this range with many aspects brought together skilfully to achieve this goal. Vineyards of the highest quality cultivars are meticulously selected for the One Formation range in order to create a unique expression from the best sites and carefully blended into distinctive wines of elegance.
The Vineyards
This blend comprises mostly Shiraz from vineyards in the warmer Paardeberg area. The Viognier grapes are from Northern Paarl where the well-drained soils are predominantly shale and granite, responsible for good fruit structure and fresh acidity respectively. Each year the percentages of the various components vary in order to bring out the best character of each different variety to achieve a skilful and harmonious blend of complexity and elegance.
Winemaking
The different batches of selected grapes were picked at optimum ripeness at different times and separately fermented slowly at warmer temperatures of 24° - 27° Celsius to prevent over-extraction of tannins, resulting in blends with smoothness and elegance. Each variety was vinified separately and then carefully blended before being matured in second and third-fill French oak barrels for 12 to 14 months.
Wine and Food Pairings
This wood-matured and elegant red wine shows prominent dark berry fruit flavours with a rounded, smooth mouthfeel. The richly complex savoury notes and white pepper spice of the Shiraz complement the luscious black cherry flavours, while the Viognier adds a gentle lift of floral scents. The winemaker's blending skills ensure a wine of harmony and finesse with a lingering finish. Finely flavoured dishes with red meats, particularly lamb, will complement this unique blend.
Analysis
Alcohol 13.44% | Residual Sugar 3.4 g/L | Total Acid 5.6 g/L | Total SO2 88 mg/L | pH 3.52
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