1. HOME
  2. WINES
  3. Kanu Red 2003
  4. « go back

Kanu Red 2003

A nose of raspberry/strawberry jam, cinnamon and minty chocolate. Soft tannins with juicy fruit that ends in a pleasant dry finish. Drinking well now, but will benefit from two to three years’ bottle maturation.

Serve at 19°C. An everyday social red that can be enjoyed with roasted meat & cold cuts.
variety : Shiraz [ 56% Shiraz, 28% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon ]
winery : Kanu Wines
winemaker : Richard Kershaw
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 14.29 % vol  rs : 2.6 g/l  pH : 3.52  ta : 5.3 g/l  so2 : 123 mg/l  fso2 : 43 mg/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  
AWARDS
1998 Vintage: ***(*) - and listed as ‘Best Buy’ in the SA Wine Magazine - June
1999 Vintage:**** - SA Wine Magazine – September 2000 edition
2000 Vintage: *** SA Wine Magazine – October 2001edition
2002 Vintage: *** John Platter; Bronze medal at Veritas 2004
2003 Vintage: Veritas 2005 Bronze

ageing : Drinking well on release, up to 3 years after bottling.
in the vineyard : Area: Koelenhof
Soil Type: Decomposed Malmesbury Shale
Age of vines: ± 11 - 16 years
Trellising: Bush vines
Vine Density: Various
Irrigation: Some
about the harvest: Picking date: February – March 2003
Grape Sugar: 21 - 25° Balling
Acidity: 3.2 – 3.5 at harvest
in the cellar : The grapes were fermented on the skins in open stainless steel tanks at 27°C. The concept of ‘minimal handling’ was adopted; once the grapes reached the cellar, traditional gravity flow, minimal pumping and minimal filtration methods ensured that the wines remained packed with fruit flavours, and is as natural as intended. The wine was racked twice and only lightly filtered before being bottled.
Wood ageing: 18 months in 225 l French Oak Barrels, 3rd & 4th fill
email the winery
email this page
find our wines in :

OTHER VINTAGES

Kanu Red 2003
Shiraz
Kanu Red 2002
Ruby Cabernet
Kanu Red 2001
Ruby Cabernet
Kanu Red 2000
Kanu Red 1999
Kanu Red 1998
Ruby Cabernet