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Franschhoek Cellar Reserve Petit Verdot 2003

2008 Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards – Seal of Approval
Full-bodied red wine. Berry fruit aroma softly styled in character because of wood maturation and hints of spices and cinnamon. Marked by intense berry flavours, this is a powerful and textured wine of great complexity and length.

Full-flavoured red meat dishes, aged steaks and slow roasts.
variety : Petit Verdot [ Petit Verdot, Merlot, Shiraz ]
winemaker : Stephan Smit
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 13.8 % vol  rs : 2.72 g/l  pH : 3.71  ta : 5.13 g/l  
type : Red  
pack : Bottle  
AWARDS
2008 Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards – Seal of Approval

ageing : This wine will develop and should be at its best within five years of the vintage.
in the vineyard : Grapes originated from Franschhoek Region
Average age of vines: +-5 years
Type of Soil: Alluvial.
about the harvest: Harvested by hand when sugar is 25°B.
in the cellar : After crushing and destalking the pulp is pumped directly into separators, where skin contact is given through cold soaking for 24 hours. Pulp is inoculated with active dry yeast and fermentation took place at about 24 to 27°C. Colour and flavour are extracted from the skins through pump-over during fermentation. Wine is then inoculated with selected malolactic bacteria. The Petit Verdot is unwooded, but the blending components Shiraz had 100% American oak and Merlot had 100% French oak for 5 months.
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