Crows Nest - Torres Claude 2007

Blending these wines produces a consistent Marcel de Reuck style with the silky, fruit-driven mid-palate, well balanced with a style of its own. 100% French oak barriques.

variety : Shiraz [ 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Syrah, 24% Merlot, 14% Grenache ]

winery : Crows Nest

winemaker : Marcel De Reuck

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 15.41 % vol rs : 2.5 g/l pH : 3.74 ta : 5.9 g/l so2 : 4 mg/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

about the harvest: Grapes are hand picked in small crates, hand sorted in the cellar.

in the cellar :

Destalked, crushed and cold soaked for 3 days.
Fermentation is started and skin contact for 26 days commences (the norm is 7 - 9 days),
The wine is heated on the skins after fermentation
The wine is 100% French barrel matured - 20% new for 12 months
The wine are very lightly filtered and not cold stabilized for maximum quality (kept as natural as possible)
Low sulpher content, within that of organic wine specifications
A new addition to de Reuck wines the farm name brand Crows Nest
Torres Claude Marcel’s memory to his father, carrying on his fathers name to great pride and joy.
Blended to perfection from the three red wines
Packed in upright twelve bottle cases with a very out of the ordinary label

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