The artwork on the 2025 editions of **Women of the World** is by the Congolese-born artist **Ley Mboramwe.** He has been living in Cape Town for ten years, where the Aalderings met him in one of the many art galleries in the city.
**Ley Mboramwe** was born and raised in Kinshasa. Later he studied at the Académie des Beaux Arts, known for its rich heritage of artists and cultural works. Ley is a visual artist and performer.
His artworks tell of the reality he has seen during his travels through different countries, and he draws his inspiration from happiness and humorous scenarios that surround him in daily life. He describes the experience of painting as a dance without music and as something he feels rather than just does.
**Hanos – Aaldering Vineyards & Wines**
The long-standing relationship between Hanos and Aaldering has already led to successful collaborations and products. Examples include the Florence wine range, as well as a Magnum wine range with bottles of up to 15 litres. Creativity in shaping a unique year-end gift for both parties was a given, and Aaldering is particularly proud of the result.
For the wine, the 2023 Bordeaux Blend Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot was chosen. Earlier this year, this wine was tasted and approved by the Hanos wine buyers, who flew to South Africa especially for this purpose. In cooperation with Aaldering’s winemaker, the best barrels were selected for this unique project.
**The tasting notes of the wine are as follows:**
Deep red in colour with a garnet-coloured rim.
A blend of blackcurrants, mulberries and raspberries leads on the nose and is supported by pencil shavings, cigar box notes, roasted coffee beans, dark chocolate and warm spices.
A full palate with tight, linear tannins and well-balanced acidity supports the rich berry fruit. The Merlot adds beautiful depth to the mid-palate, while the Cabernet Sauvignon completes this complex marriage of the two noble grape varieties.
**Notes from the cellar:**
The cool growing season promoted good tannin ripeness, flavour and colour accumulation. Smaller berries than usual helped concentration and extraction.
Cold-soaked for four days, the wines began to ferment spontaneously; at that point different yeasts were added to achieve more complexity. After fermentation, an additional two days of skin contact was given.
The wines matured for 18 months in 225-litre French oak barrels, 25% of which were new.
After 8 months the wines were taken out of barrel and blended, then returned to barrel for a further 10 months of maturation for optimal integration.
This icon wine is already drinking beautifully now but can certainly be cellared for another 10 to 12 years, especially in this Magnum bottle
(half the oxygen-to-wine ratio compared to a “normal” bottle).
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