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Laibach The Ladybird Red - Organic 2009

A beautiful dark colour. Lovely flavours with oodles of fruit and concentration. White milk chocolate with hints of wild berry, spice and leather. Medium bodied with sleeky almost velvety tannins, with a good structure and great length. Enough complexity, identity and natural tannin to last 5 - 7 years after the vintage.

Will complement meat, poultry and rich game dishes.
variety : Merlot [ 54% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Cabernet Franc, 9% Petit Verdot ]
winemaker : FRANCOIS VAN ZYL
wine of origin : SIMONSBERG-STELLENBOSCH
analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol  rs : 1.5 g/l  pH : 3.75  ta : 5.5 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded organic
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  
in the vineyard : We see ourselves as traditionalist. We make wine with minimal intervention to show what the special Simonsberg – Stellenbosch deep red soils can produce. We have no irrigation on the farm and we very much rely on our deep clay soil to keep the roots cool and happy. Average yield is around 35 – 40 hectoliters per hectare which is very low for South – Africa.
about the harvest: We pick everything by hand in the early mornings and then we have a rigorous sorting regime after destemming but before crushing. We do around 2 tons per hour and remove all green, herbaceous unwanted stems.
in the cellar : After a gentle crushing the mash is moved to 5 ton open top stainless steel fermentation. Manuel punch downs or “pigeage” is used for gentle extraction of flavour and colour. Tanks are sometimes inoculated, but more and more we make use of the natural yeast on the grapes to carry out the alcoholic fermentation. A warm short fermentation is used before gentle pressing in a 3 ton modern Euro press. The wine is aged in 100% French oak barrels for 12 – 15 months before a filtration just before bottling.
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Laibach The Ladybird Red - Organic 2009
Merlot