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Avontuur Minelli Pinot Noir Reserve 2004

Typically red cherries and strawberries on the palate with aroma’s of lead pencil and cedar wood on the nose. Unusually deep colour with a long, firm finish.

Serve with venison or game birds. Also good with rich Duck dishes or oven-roast veal with a red wine sauce.
variety : Pinot Noir [ 100% Pinot Noir ]
winery : Avontuur Estate
winemaker : Adél van der Merwe
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol  rs : 2.5 g/l  pH : 3.4  ta : 7 g/l  
type : Red   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : Drink now or over the next 2-3 years.

in the vineyard : Deep, well-drained Hutton and Clovelly soils. Planted on west-facing slopes. Trellised on a 3-wire Perold system. No irrigation.
about the harvest: Harvested at full ripeness of 26° B.

in the cellar : After harvesting the grapes were destemmed and cold-soaked for 3 days. Innoculated with yeast. Pumped over regularly. Left on skins for 2 days after fermentation. Malolactic fermentation in the barrel. Aged for 10 months in 2nd fill French Oak.

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