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Graham Beck Coffeestone Cabernet 2007

Name: Graham Beck Coffeestone Cabernet 2007
Brand: Graham Beck Coffeestone
SKU: 27299

Cedarwood and cigarbox flavours combined with rich dark berry fruit on the nose. Cassis, mulberry and spices on the palate. A full bodied, firmly structured wine with concentrated fruit, a balanced mouth-feel and a fresh after-palate typical to the Firgrove terroir from which the grapes derive.

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variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 100% Cabernet Sauvignon ]

winery : Graham Beck

winemaker : Pieter Ferreira

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.45 % vol rs : 3.87 g/l pH : 3.56 ta : 6.30 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full taste : Fragrant wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2011 - Silver Medal

ageing :

The 2007 vintage yielded some of the best quality Cabernet Sauvignon fruit in years. This wine will develop for a further 5 - 10 years with careful cellaring.

in the vineyard :

The Coffeestone Vineyard, Firgrove, Stellenbosch. Deep granite gravel on laterite (coffeestone) and weathering clay (saprolite).

about the harvest: Old bush vines with a yield of 4 tons per hectare.
Handpicked on the 21st of March 2007.
Harvest at optimum ripeness.

in the cellar :

Fermented in open stainless steel tanks with regular punch downs to ensure optimum extraction and purity of fruit. Extended skin maceration after fermentation. Matured for 18 months in a selection of new fill French Oak barrels.

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