La Cave Pinotage 2005

Name: La Cave Pinotage 2005
Brand: La Cave
SKU: 14348

2006 Veritas - Silver
2006 Michelangelo International Wine Awards - Silver
A sweet-fruited nose with whiffs of ripe banana. Ripe raspberry tones on the palate are beautifully balanced with firm yet mature tannins. Full bodied yet supple.

Ideal with red meat.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Wellington Wines

winemaker : Christiaan Visser

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol rs : 2.2 g/l pH : 3.5 ta : 5.9 g/l

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

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

2006 Veritas - Silver
2006 Michelangelo International Wine Awards - Silver

in the vineyard : The grapes come from a single vineyard with a yield of less than 10 tons per hectare.

about the harvest: Fruit was picked at optimum maturity.

in the cellar : Grapes were fermented dry on the skins at 26° C. Thereafter the free run portion went into new 225 litre oak barrels. Full malolactic fermentation was allowed in barrel. Then the wine was racked and after SO2 adjustments, it was returned to the same barrels (80% from French and 20% from American origin) for 12 months.

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