Graham Beck Old Road Pinotage 2005

Rich, plum and ripe cherries with dark chocolate intermingled with delicate clove spiciness. Ripe fruit tannins for a structured mouth feel, succulent and full. Elegant, long finish.

Any full flavoured dishes, meat, pasta or cheese - even baked puddings.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winery : Graham Beck
winemaker : Pieter Ferreira
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 14.60 % vol  rs : 2.78 g/l  pH : 3.53  ta : 5.84 g/l  
type : Red  body : Full  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : Will mature in the bottle for a further 8 - 10 years.

in the vineyard : 'The Old Road' Vineyard planted in 1971 on our Franschhoek estate beneath the mountain on deep well drained gravel loam soils, producing 4 tonnes per hectare.

about the harvest: Handpicked in February 2005.

in the cellar : After destalking the wine was pumped into open fermenters with 3 pump downs per day. Fermented dry on the skins at 25 - 28ÂșC after a week. Malolactic fermentation followed and the wine was then transferred into 30% new and 70% 2nd and 3rd fill French and American Oak barriques for 14 months

COOPER: A selection of first and second fill barrels - French and American Oak.

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