Colour: Lighter than usual with violet color.Nose: Spice and meaty aromas with a hint of sweet red berry fruit.Palate: Lighter entry with fresh fruit and wood flavours. Licorice, leather spice and meaty with the characteristic tannin core.Description:The first winery in South Africa to bottle a Mourvedre. This unique wine comes from nine year old vines, very low crop load (3tons/ha). Harvested full ripe. Three days cold soak before being inoculated with Syrah enoferm yeast. Warm ferment 28º - 30ºC with 2 hourly punch downs in an open vat. Six days of fermentation with three weeks post maceration. Pressed directly into barrel 100% 400liter French Allier Oak for 18 months. No fining, just a clarifying filtration. The good acid and pH should will allow this wine to age well.
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