Mooiplaas Pinotage 2005

Name: Mooiplaas Pinotage 2005
Brand: Mooiplaas
SKU: 21190

Purple colour, nose very typical of Pinotage, more towards plum, oak well integrated, soft and fruity with a good finish. The oak portion is very much to the back of the wine, the style is still the approachable, soft and drinkable wine that the Mooiplaas Pinotage is known for.

variety : Pinotage [ 86% Pinotage, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc ]

winery : Mooiplaas Estate

winemaker : Louis Roos

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.15 % vol rs : 2.8 g/l pH : 3.77 ta : 4.6 g/l so2 : 36 mg/l fso2 : 15 mg/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

2009 John Platter Wine Guide - 4 stars
2009 Michelangelo International Wine Awards - Gold medal

in the vineyard : Age of Vines: 31 years
Rootstocks: Richter 99
Training method: Bush vines
Soil type: Estcourt (high potential)

about the harvest: Date Harvested: 21 February 2005
Yield: 5.8 tonnes/ha & 38 hl/ha
Grape analysis: 24.9° Balling; pH 3.45; TA 7.2 g/litre

in the cellar : Fermentation method: 3 Days on the skins in closed tanks at 20° - 25° C with pump over every two hours. Pressed at 10.8° Balling.
Yeast type: WE372
Details of barrel maturation: A 14% oak component consisting of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet franc (2003 vintage, aged for 24 months in 300 litre barrels) was blended into the Pinotage to add structure and a measure of complexity. The Pinotage portion was unoaked.
Bottling: 18 Januray 2006 on the estate

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