McGregor Shiraz 2007

Name: McGregor Shiraz 2007
Brand: McGregor
SKU: 21766

Bright red colour. Medium intense flavours with complementary leather and spicy vanilla from the wood maturation. The palate is in harmony with the bouquet and carried sweet soft tannins.

An ideal companion for red meat dishes, pork or pasta.

variety : Shiraz [ 100% Shiraz ]

winery : McGregor Wines

winemaker : AndrÃ© Scriven

wine of origin : McGregor

analysis : alc : 14.50 % vol rs : 4.1 g/l pH : 3.62 ta : 5.9 g/l va : 0.45 g/l so2 : 144 mg/l fso2 : 28 mg/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

in the vineyard : Young four year old vinejard grafted on Richter 99 rootstock and planted in chalky Karoo-soil. Conrolled irrigation according to ground moisture measurements. Optimum viticulture practices were applied to deliver best quality grapes.

about the harvest: Date: Mid February
Type: Hand
Yield: 10 tons/ha
Sugar: 23.5Â° B
pH : 3.62
TA: 5.9 g/litre

in the cellar : The grapes were destemmed, crushed and fermented in red wine fermentors with automatic pumpover for colour extraction. Fermented nearly dry on skins. After malolactic fermentation a five months American oak-maturation period followed prior to bottling.

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