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Pinotage by L'Avenir 2008

Colour: Brilliant red.
Bouquet: Raspberries, mulberries and bursting with ripe red cherries.
Palate: Very supple tannins create a gentle palate with a lingering, fruity-fresh finish.

A fruit-filled, succulent and lighter-styled red wine ideal for drinking without further maturation. The floral, Pinot noir component of this varietal is expressed very delicately without detracting from the unique South-African nature of this fascinating cultivar, and the palate is filled with the notes of ripe red cherries and raspberry.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winemaker : Tinus Els
wine of origin : Western Cape
analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol  rs : 2.1 g/l  pH : 3.71  ta : 5.9 g/l  
type : Rose  style : Dry  taste : Fruity  
pack : Bottle  size : 0  closure : Cork  
in the vineyard : Vineyard region: The fertile, mountainous region of the Breede River Valley, approximately 90km from Cape Town.

Vintage: A cooler vintage than that experienced in 2007, the longer hang-period of the grapes allowed a greater development of fragrant floral notes, stable colour development, and sugar accumulation in very healthy grapes.
about the harvest: Harvest date: mid-February 2008
in the cellar : Yeast: Select yeast strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Fermentation: In stainless steel tanks.
Maceration: After de-stemming and a very light crush, grapes were kept at 15° C for an overnight period of cold maceration.
Malolactic fermentation: An inoculation with cultured malolactic bacteria (Oenococcus oeni) ensured the desired conversion of malic to lactic acid in the tank.
Maturation: In stainless steel tanks
Fining: A cross-filtration technique was applied to clarify the wine, without a requirement for the further addition of fining agents
Bottling: 24 September 2008 at L'Avenir's on-site bottling facility under a strict Quality Control procedure
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