Savanha Winemakers Selection Merlot 2008

Name: Savanha Winemakers Selection Merlot 2008
Brand: Savanha
SKU: 23410

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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