La Cave Shiraz 2003

WINE Magazine 2005 - 3 Stars
Veritas 2005 - Bronze
Veritas 2004 - Silver
International Wine and Spirits Competition 2005 - Bronze

A robust, well balanced wine, sappy blackcurrants, with a smooth finish.

variety : Shiraz [ 100% Shiraz ]

winery : Wellington Wines

winemaker : AndrÃ© Swanepoel

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol rs : 2.9 g/l pH : 3.6 ta : 5.5 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle

AWARDS

WINE Magazine 2005 - 3 Stars
Veritas 2005 - Bronze
Veritas 2004 - Silver
International Wine and Spirits Competition 2005 - Bronze

in the vineyard : The grapes came from a single vineyard with a yield of less than 10 tons per hectare.

about the harvest: Fruit was picked at optimum maturity.

in the cellar : Fermented dry on the skins at 26Â°C. Thereafter the free run oportion went into new 225 litrre oak barrels. Full malolactic fermentation was allowed in barrel. Then the wine was racked and after SO2 adjustments, it was returned to the same barrels (70% from French and 30% from American origin) for 12 months.

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