{"product_id":"torero-suit-of-lights-carignan","title":"Torero Suit of Lights Carignan 2024","description":"\u003cstyle\u003etable\n\t{mso-displayed-decimal-separator:\"\\.\";\n\tmso-displayed-thousand-separator:\"\\,\";}\ntr\n\t{mso-height-source:auto;}\ncol\n\t{mso-width-source:auto;}\ntd\n\t{padding-top:1px;\n\tpadding-right:1px;\n\tpadding-left:1px;\n\tmso-ignore:padding;\n\tcolor:black;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-weight:400;\n\tfont-style:normal;\n\ttext-decoration:none;\n\tfont-family:\"Aptos Narrow\", sans-serif;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\ttext-align:general;\n\tvertical-align:bottom;\n\tborder:none;\n\twhite-space:nowrap;\n\tmso-rotate:0;}\n.xl18\n\t{font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Arial, sans-serif;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\twhite-space:normal;}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"327\"\u003e\n\u003ccolgroup\u003e\u003ccol width=\"327\"\u003e\u003c\/colgroup\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr height=\"20\"\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"327\" height=\"20\" class=\"xl18\"\u003eThe traje de luces the \"suit of lights\" is the sequinned, gold-threaded costume a Spanish bullfighter wears into the ring, and it lends its name to Fernando Rueda's Carignan, made with Angus Paul from an established block in Wellington. Carignan has a reputation for being rustic and rough, high in both acid and tannin, and single-varietal bottlings remain rare in South Africa. The point of this one is to show what the grape can actually do. Hand-picked and cooled overnight, then whole bunches into open-top bins, foot-trodden to start the ferment, and left on skins for around three weeks with a single gentle pump-over a day to keep the cap healthy rather than to extract anything more. Ten months in older barrels follows. A very individual expression: flinty reduction, sea breeze and dried kelp over salty cassis and sour black plum, with graphite and crushed-granite minerality. Cool and penetrating on the palate, punchy, with glassy acids and tart spiced cranberry running long and linear. Drinks well now after a short decant, and will keep.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Torero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54087053803827,"sku":null,"price":330.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/6936\/1459\/files\/ToreroSuitofLightsCarignan.png?v=1789554345","url":"https:\/\/openbottle.co.za\/products\/torero-suit-of-lights-carignan","provider":"OPEN BOTTLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}