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Spier Colours Pinotage / Shiraz 2008

Appearance: Light red in colour.
Flavours: Layers of berry and plum aromas follow through to a mouth-filling palate with a soft tannin structure.

Serve with spicy lamb and tomato stew with crisp Panini rolls; or a gourmet beef burger with brie cheese and cranberry sauce.
variety : Pinotage [ Pinotage Shiraz ]
winery : Spier Wine Farm
winemaker : Anton Swarts and Frans Smit
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol  rs : 4.5 g/l  pH : 3.65  ta : 5.4 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Medium  taste : Fruity  
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : Enjoy now or within 2 years of harvest.
in the vineyard : Vineyard
Trellised vines and bush vines aged 9 - 20 years yielded the grapes for this wine. The vineyards received supplementary drip irrigation and produced 8 - 15 tons per hectare.

Terroir
Western Cape; mainly coastal and Worcester.
Average temperature: Winter 17°C; Summer 25ºC
Annual rainfall: 220 mm
Proximity to ocean: 80 km
Soil: Alluvial, Silty Dundee, Tukulu, Riverbed and Oakleaf
about the harvest: The grapes were handpicked at optimum ripeness.
in the cellar : The grapes were sorted, de-stemmed and gently crushed. Cold maceration took place at 10-12ºC for 4 hours, prior to fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Daily pump-overs were conducted for flavour and colour extraction. Wines from chosen tanks were blended and matured for 6 months before bottling.

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