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De Trafford Shiraz 2008

Deep dark red colour. Big, rich spicy blue & blackberry nose. Great intensity and complexity. Rich ripe fruit and spicy palate. Big soft tannins. Slightly sweet fruit comes out as the wine opens up.

variety : Shiraz [ 100% Shiraz ]
winemaker : David Trafford
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 15.98 % vol  rs : 2.8 g/l  pH : 3.74  ta : 5.1 g/l  va : 0.64 g/l  so2 : 53 mg/l  fso2 : 13 mg/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  
in the vineyard : Approximately 2/3 from one block 13 yr old vines on 7 wire vertical trellis with moveable foliage wires. Clones SH21A; SH1A & SH99 all on 101-14 rootstock. 5000 vines / hect. "Mont Fleur" vineyard - high altitude Helderberg mountain NW facing slope.
Steeply sloping site with rocky, granitic based Hutton soil. Yield 4.5 tons / hect. (32hl/ha)

About 1/3 from our new "Tip Top Mont Fleur" vineyard planted immediately above the existing Shiraz vineyard in 2003. Soil and aspect similar, though a little steeper and stonier. Clones SH470 (sourced from Cote Rotie); SH174 (sourced from Hermitage) and SH747 all on 101-14 (low vigour) rootstock. Trellis system and planting density as older vineyard above. Yield 5 tons / hect. (36hl/ha)
about the harvest: 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.
Harvest date: 1/3/08 - 10/3/08 @ 26° Balling.
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