Blaauwklippen Merlot 2003

A beautifully elegant wine with soft and integrated tannins. Exciting flavours of dark chocolate, ripe berries and the slightest hint of pepper, that will leave you begging for more.

Creamy pasta dishes, leg of lamb or a fillet steak.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : Blaauwklippen Vineyards

winemaker : Rolf Zeitvogel

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 13.06 % vol rs : 1.7 g/l ta : 5.8 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full wooded

pack : Bottle

ageing : Enjoy immediately or within the next 5 years.

in the vineyard : Irrigation: Drip
Slope: South-East
Density: 2.7 x 1.2
Soil: Clovelly
Trellising: Double Perold

in the cellar : Fermentation: inoculated with yeast strain, fermented for a period of 7 days
Skin contact: 7 days after fermentation on skins
Maturation: matured for 14 months in small oak barrels

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