Remhoogte Bonne Nouvelle 2003

Name: Remhoogte Bonne Nouvelle 2003
Brand: Remhoogte
SKU: 12957

Intense red colour. A clean and complex nose of black currant and cherries combined with floral notes and hints of vanilla. A generous and full bodied wine. Mouth filling flavours of dark berried fruit with spicines intergrating with well balanced tannins. Long finish of cedar and toasted almonds.

Bonne Nouvelle - 'Good News'

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 19% Pinotage ]

winery : Remhoogte

winemaker : Michel Rolland

wine of origin : Simonsberg

analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol rs : 2.8 g/l pH : 3.85 ta : 5.2 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

2006 John Platter Wine Guide - 4 stars
Wine Enthusiast - 92 points
Wine Magazine - 4 stars Editor's Choice
"Classically styled though sumptuously fruited red, tannins evident though ripe"

in the vineyard : 5 tonnes per hectare.

about the harvest: Grapes hanpicked into lugboxes.

in the cellar : Grapes hand sorted twice, before and after destemming. Cold maceration before slow fermentation with natural yeasts in open oak vats. Pigeaged four times per day during fermentation. Malolactic fermentatio in barrel.

Matured for 20 months in 70% new French oak.

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