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Vertex Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2008

This Cabernet Sauvignon is made from fully ripe grapes for a complex wine with prominent blackcurrant and spicy flavours. A mouthful of fruit flavours, complexity and smokiness. Beautiful berry and plum flavours with a hint of dark chocolate flavour from barrel contact.

Excellent with red meat as well as game dishes.
variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 100% Cabernet Sauvignon ]
winery : Bonnievale Wines
winemaker : Jolene Calitz le Roux
wine of origin : Robertson
analysis : alc : 14 % vol  rs : 3.3 g/l  pH : 3.56  ta : 5.5 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Full   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 0  closure : Cork  
AWARDS
2009  WINE Magazine April - 4 stars
2009 Michelangelo - Silver
2009 Veritas - Silver Medal
in the vineyard : Rootstock: Richter 110
Trellis system: 5 wire
Irrigation: yes
Soil: Soft Karoo

Produced on high lying, cool slopes for fruity, full wines.
about the harvest: Date: March
Type: Hand
Yield: 8 ton/ha

Handpicked at optimal ripeness.
in the cellar : Crushing/Destemming: Crushed/Destalked
Tanks: Stainless Steel
Fermentation protocol: Stainless Steel at 26° C for 10 days
Malolatic: Yes
Barrel ageing: 50% First & 50% Sedond-fill 225 litre oak barrels for 15 months, 80% French and 20% American oak
Fining: Bentonite
Filtration: Bulk
Stabilization: Cold

Fermented on the skins to 7° balling before pressing and further fermentation in French and American oak; malolactic fermentation and 15 months' maceration in the barrels.
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