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L'Avenir Merlot 2006

Colour: Deep ruby.
Bouquet: Ripe, red strawberries, cedar with intense fruit aroma.
Taste: Well-balanced tannin structure with a lasting mouthfeel and rich red fruit finish.

Well balanced tannin structure with a lasting mouthfeel and rich red fruit finish.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]
winemaker : Tinus Els
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol  rs : 2.0 g/l  pH : 3.49  ta : 6.22 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  
in the vineyard : Vineyard region: Estate grapes from trellised vineyards on the farm with North East and North West slopes.

Vintage: A warm dry summer resulted in excellent healthy ripe grapes, small berries, thick skins and good colour extraction. Yields were low and good concentration was experienced in all the red varieties.

about the harvest: Harvest date: 7 March 2006

in the cellar : Yeast: Variety Saccharomyces Cerevisiae strains ( NT50, BM45)
Fermentation: These wines were carefully made with soft pumpovers 3 times per day for 20 minutes. The intensity of pumpovers depends from vintage to vintage to obtain the best colour and tannin extraction. Fermentation temperatures between 26° to 28° C and wine was pressed just after alcoholic fermentation finished.
Maceration: 24 hours cold soak only
Malolactic fermentation: 100% in tank.
Maturation: Aged in 4th fill 225 litre French oak barriques for 8 months.
Fining: None
Bottling: Bottled under sterile filtration.

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