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Eaglevlei Pink 2008

Fresh strawberry & passion fruit scents on the nose & elegant creamy mineral flavours on the palate. Mouth watering, with a clean finish, lovely length & well balance acidity

Try it with traditionally South African combinations like braaivleis & pap & sheba or Pistachio ice cream. Enjoy chilled with good company.
variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winemaker : Maria le Roux
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 12 % vol  rs : 4.4 g/l  pH : 3.15  ta : 6.3 g/l  
type : Rose  style : Dry  body : Light  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Screwcap  
in the vineyard : Our 9 year old Pinotage vineyard is situated on well-drained, gravelly soils on Eaglevlei. Year after year we are able to produce outstanding quality wines due to sustainable farming practices. In 2008 there was an abundance of grapes & we did one green harvest to thin out the crop & therefore concentrating the fruit flavours & adding extra weight length to the mouthfeel of this wine

Climate
Summer: 21.5° C
Winter: 13° C
Annual rainfall: 860mm
Proximity to ocean: 30km

about the harvest: The grapes were handpicked in early January & cooled overnight, ready to be handsorted in the morning.

in the cellar : After sorting the individual berries & removing all the snails, ladybirds & other insects we gently crushed the berries & left them in a tank to be pressed into an old manual basket press. The juice was fermented over 2 weeks and then spent 6 months in 3rd fill barrels where they went through partial malolactic fermentation & daily battonage. Yes, we stirred them lovingly, every single day. A total production of only 10 barrels of which 2 barrels were used to make a very limited quantity of 100% Pinotage Cap Classique to be released in 2010

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