Provenance Mourvedre/Viognier 2005

2008 Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards – Bronze Award
The wine has a dark colour with red berry and floral flavours with undertones of wood spice. The oak is well balanced with elegant and accessible tannins.


variety : Mourvedre [ 89% Mourvedre, 11% Viognier ]
winemaker : Dewaldt Heyns
wine of origin : Breede River
analysis : alc : 15.00 % vol  rs : 3.90 g/l  pH : 3.59  ta : 5.6 g/l  va : 0.53 g/l  so2 : 103 mg/l  fso2 : 16 mg/l  
type : Red   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

AWARDS
*2008 Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards – Bronze Award
*Silver Veritas 2007
*Silver Michelangelo International Wine Awards
in the vineyard : Cultivar: Mourvèdre 89%, Viognier 11%
Clones: MT 11 and VI1A
Rootstock: R99 and Mgt 101-14
Age: Average 8 years
Soil: Structured red soils with course gravel and weathered shale soils

about the harvest: Hand-picked in the early morning.
Harvest dates: 7 and 22 February 2005
Yield: 4.5 ton/ha
Balling at harvest: 25° B
pH at harvest: 3.55 - 3.70
Total acid at harvest: 6.25 - 7.00 g/l

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