Mooiplaas Merlot 2007

Name: Mooiplaas Merlot 2007
Brand: Mooiplaas
SKU: 25418

Good colour, nose and interesting mix between roasted oak and cherry/cassis fruit, well structured, shows well developed complexity from long barrel maturation, should develop well with some bottle age.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : Mooiplaas Estate

winemaker : Louis Roos

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.48 % vol rs : 1.9 g/l pH : 3.74 ta : 5.9 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

in the vineyard : Vineyard: Grapes from 2 adjacent blocks: Dassievak and Draairy, 250 m above sea level on a western facing slope.
Age of vines: 8 and 11 years respectively.
Clone Types: MO12 and MO343A respectively.
Rootstocks: Richter 110
Training method: 3-Wire vertical trellis

about the harvest: Harvest date: 13 March 2006
Average yield: 6.2 ton/ha and 40 ton/ha respectively.

in the cellar : Fermentation method: Average of 10 days on the skins in closed tank, fermented at temperature of 20 - 25°C, mixed by pumping over.
Yeast type: NT50
Maturation: 23 Months in small barrels.
Details of barrels: Size: 300 Litre barrels 4% 1st fill, 52% 2nd fill, 33% 3rd fill, 100% French oak
Bottling: 19 January 2010 on the farm

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