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De Trafford Blueprint Shiraz 2008

Medium deep, bright red colour. Upfront wild berry fruit, cinnamon and nutmeg nose. A little lighter than the 2007 vintage, but still full, soft, elegant palate packed with complex, sweet ripe fruit and a spicy overlay.

Ideal with a variety of rich and slightly spicy meat dishes.
variety : Shiraz [ 100% Shiraz ]
winemaker : David Trafford
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 15.15 % vol  rs : 1.7 g/l  pH : 3.76  ta : 5.2 g/l  va : 0.59 g/l  so2 : 83 mg/l  fso2 : 26 mg/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  taste : Mineral   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : Probably best between 2011 and 2015.

in the vineyard : vineyard blocks
Mostly from the neighbouring Keermont vineyard. A north east facing block. 10 yr old vines on 7 wire vertical trellis, clone SH9 on 101.14 rootstock. A new young vineyard 3yr on similar slope and soil. SH470 & 174 on 101.14 rootstock. Soil deep red Hutton, medium potential decomposed granite. Yield 4 tons / hect (29 hl/ha) A little from our new "Tip Top Mont Fleur" vineyard. Steep stony north west facing slope with narrow rows.
Yield 5 tons/hect (36 hl/ha).
8% Petit Verdot included

Typical cold, wet winter followed by a normal growing season with enough rain and warm weather to produce good, balanced growth. As in 2007 the Shiraz seemed to relish the knife-edge harvest conditions with small heat waves alternating with short, wet, cold spells. Though overall a little wetter over the harvest period. It seemed to bring out a spiciness and elegance similar to 2007, just a little softer and less intense.
about the harvest: Harvest date: 22/2/08 - 14/3/08 @ 23.9 - 26.2° B. Handpicking into 20 kg lugboxes.
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