Boland Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz 2005

A well balanced, blended red wine with a dried fruit after taste, medium bodied, intense colour and a complexity of berry and plum.

An easy drinking wine that compliment a variety of meat dishes and cheese or perfect on it's own.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz ]
winery : Boland Cellar
winemaker : Altus le Roux & Team
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 13.76 % vol  rs : 9.0 g/l  pH : 3.52  ta : 6.6 g/l  va : 0.36 g/l  so2 : 85 mg/l  fso2 : 41 mg/l  
type : Red  body : Medium   wooded
pack : Bottle  

in the vineyard : Average age of vines: Cabernet Sauvignon 19 years and Shiraz 13 years
Climatic region: Paardeberg, Durbanville & Klein Drakenstein
Yield: Cabernet Sauvignon 8 ton/hectare & Shiraz 10 ton/ hectare
Soils: Yellowish brown, duplex soils with clay underlying a gravely type soil
Trellis: Cabernet Sauvignon - 5 – wire extended perold hedge & Shiraz - 7– wire extended perold hedge
Pruning: Spur pruned

about the harvest: Grapes are handpicked. Cabernet Sauvignon beginning to mid March & Shiraz – Late February to early March.

in the cellar : Selected the healthiest grapes. Fermented in tanks until dry. The wine racked, the skins are pressed and malo-lactic fermentation is completed.

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