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Eaglevlei Pinotage 2007

The nose has old clone farmyard style Pinotage flavours with undertones of mocha cherry chocolate. This well balanced Pinotage has a fine minerality with a lingering after taste.

Great with any red meat but equally nice with fish and salad.
variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winemaker : Maria le Roux
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 14.29 % vol  rs : 3.2 g/l  pH : 3.52  ta : 6.2 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 0  closure : Cork  
AWARDS
Michelangelo International Wine Awards 2010 - Gold Medal
2009 Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show - Silver medal (82/100)

ageing : Enjoy now or within 5 years from harvest.

in the vineyard : 9 year old vines on Granite soils. The grapes for this wine come from the same block (1.9ha) which we make our Pink & Pinotage Bubbly from. Shows you how versatile this Pinotage really is! Yields was 7 tons/ha.
about the harvest: Grapes were carefully harvested into small picking crates in the early morning and cooled to 5° C before processing.
in the cellar : Each berry was hand sorted. At Eaglevlei we make use of gravity to gently transfer our grapes to the open fermenters. Making use of a pump to transfer the grapes can unnecessarily extract harsh tannins. The grapes fermented slowly over a period of 5 to 20 days. We make use of punching down the cap to extract colour. After malolactic fermentation the wine was aged in 17 1st & 2nd fill French and American oak barrels for 20 months.
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