Rooiberg Pinotage Reserve 2004

This Flagship wine of our Reserve Selection was carefully matured in French oak for 18 months and has a vibrant ruby colour. Itâ€™s packed with delightful banana flavors and reveals charms of strawberry, lurking beneath redcurrant and blackberry aromas.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Rooiberg Winery

winemaker : Eduard Malherbe

wine of origin : Robertson

analysis : alc : 14.92 % vol rs : 2.3 g/l pH : 3.32 ta : 5.8 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle

about the harvest: Single vineyard selected grapes. Harvested at optimum sugar levels to abtain all the characters of Pinotage in the grapes.

in the cellar : De-stemmed, crushed and cold macerated for two days in rototanks to obtain colour and flacour before fermentation. Inoculated for fermentation with yeast, ferment on skins until dry. Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel, transfer to new French oak barrels (225lt), aged for 18 months.

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