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Deetlefs Oak Matured Pinotage 2008

A lively & deep purple colour. Ripe black fruit layered with cherry and an almost spicy chocolate. Supple tannins and a well rounded mouth with developing complexity.

Game birds; chocolate-chilli fillet; and rich chocolate pudding.
variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]
winery : Deetlefs Estate
winemaker : Ferdi Visser
wine of origin : Rawsonville
analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol  rs : 3.4 g/l  pH : 3.69  ta : 6.5 g/l  so2 : 86 mg/l  fso2 : 33 mg/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : 

4 - 10 years

in the vineyard : 

Rootstock: 101-14
Clone: P148A
Plant Date: 1995
Hectares: 10 ha
Trellising System: 4 wire vertical Perold
Irrigation System: Drip & Micro
Height above sea level: 236
Direction: N/S
about the harvest: Harvest date: 13 to the 22 February 2008
in the cellar : Various techniques were applied to all stages of the winemaking process to provide as many possible different building blocks (styles) to ensure optimum complexity in the final blend. These include but are not limited to; grape selection, processing (reductive oxidative), fermentation (different yeasts). The wine was matured for 9months of which 85% was new wood, 70% French and 30% American Oak.

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