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Springfontein Terroir Selection Pinotage 2007

The wine’s colour is already enough to tell you what to expect. The deep and intense purple rim is telling you: “Expect ripe fruit and intense flavours…” That is exactly what you get when enjoying this wine. Enjoy now or age it a bit longer in the bottle.

This everyday easy drinking wine will also compliment a variety of stews and red meat.
variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winemaker : Christo Versfeld
wine of origin : 
analysis : alc : 14.2 % vol  rs : 2.8 g/l  pH : 3.77  ta : 5.7 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : Up to 5 years after vintage if cellared correctly.
in the vineyard : Soil type: Calcified sand dunes
Rootstock: Paulsen and Richter 99
Age of Vines: 7 and 9 years old respectively
Irrigation: Micro sprinkler
about the harvest: Picking date: 08 to 12.02.2007
Yield: 5 tons / ha

in the cellar : The grapes were harvested and hand sorted before it was cold soaked for 2 days before inoculating it with yeast for fermentation. The wine spent 5 days on the skins before being pressed and filled to barrels to undergo Malolactic fermentation. The wine was racked after Malolactic fermentation and filled back to barrels to mature for another 10 months before bottling.

Fermentation temperature: 22 to 29°C
Yeast: N96 Malolactic fermentation: 100%
Wood ageing: 11 months in 30% new small French oak
Bottling date: 29.01.2008
Production: 25 400 bottles
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