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2015 was a remarkable vintage for red varieties at Constantia Glen, despite the harvest being almost 2 weeks earlier than what we have been used to for the past few years. Good winter rains in 2014 provided a good foundation for our dryland vineyards before they embarked on a notably dry growth season. The summer ripening period leading up to the early 2015 harvest was cool, but very dry, which in combination with early bud-break in the atypically warm spring of 2014 led to our vines going through véraison a little earlier in this vintage. The vines were shaped in slightly smaller canopies, allowing good sunlight penetration and air movement in the bunch zone. This resulted in healthy bunches that enjoyed textbook ripening conditions. Although the harvest was 10 days earlier than we normally experience, our grapes still enjoyed similar extended hang-time on the vines due to the warm spring kicking off the season earlier than usual. The combination of all these factors resulted in red wines with very good ripeness, freshness and flavour concentration. This vintage also allowed for good structure acidity, which will allow for superlative bottle- ageing. The 2015 harvest commenced with the first block of Merlot on 6 March 2015 and we picked for over 5 weeks until the last block of the Cabernet Sauvignon was safely processed into the winery on 9 April 2015.