Graham Beck Old Road Pinotage 2002

Rich, plum and dark chocolate flavours intermingled with delicate clove flavours. Ripe fruit tannins for a structured mouthfeel, succulent and full. Elegant, long finish.

Any full flavoured dishes, meat, pasta or cheese â€“ even baked puddings.

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variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Graham Beck

winemaker : Pieter Ferreira

wine of origin : Breede River

analysis : alc : 14.2 % vol rs : 3.2 g/l pH : 3.64 ta : 6.0 g/l

type : Red body : Full wooded

pack : Bottle

ageing : Will mature in the bottle for a further 8 - 10 years.

in the vineyard : â€œThe Old Roadâ€ Vineyard planted in 1971 on our Franschhoek estate beneath the mountain on deep well drained gravel loam soils, producing 4 tonnes per hectare.

about the harvest: Handpicked in February 2002.

in the cellar : After destalking the wine was pumped in to open fermenters with 3 punch downs per day. Fermented dry on the skins at 28ÂºC after 6 days. Malolactic fermentation followed and the wine was then transferred into new French and American Oak barriques for 12 months. A light egg white fining was added before bottling.

Cooper: A selection of first and second fill barrels â€“ Seguin Moreau, Schahinger and Vicard.

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