Savanha Winemakers Selection Merlot 2008

Inviting plum and red-berry shows on the nows with hints of tobacco and fruitcake. These follow through to a mouth-filling palate with a lingering blackcurrant aftertaste.

Serve with char-grilled rib fillet and seared Mediterranean vegetables.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]
winery : Savanha
winemaker : Jacques Erasmus
wine of origin : Western Cape
analysis : alc : 14.4 % vol  rs : 2.5 g/l  pH : 3.6  ta : 5.7 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Full  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

in the vineyard : Nine year-old trellised vines planted on eastern slopes in the western Cape yielded the grapes for this wine. the vineyards recieved supplementary drip irrigation and produced 9 tons per hectare.

about the harvest: Grapes were harvested at 24.5° Balling, gentkly curshed, de-stemmed and cooled for fermentation. After 2 days of cold soaking the juice fermented until dry in stainless steel tanks at 24°C. Three pump-overs were conducted daily, and 60% of the wine matured in French oak barrels for 6-8 months.

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