Fantail Pinotage Rosé 2010

Name: Fantail Pinotage Rosé 2010
Brand: Fantail
SKU: 27501

This salmon pink wine delivers flavours of strawberries and raspberries. These flavours follow trough onto a fruity, luscious palate that finishes with a refreshing crispness.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Morgenhof Wine Estate

winemaker : Jacques Cilliers

wine of origin : Simonsberg-Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13 % vol rs : 5.1 g/l pH : 3.4 ta : 5.8 g/l

type : Rose style : Off Dry wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Screwcap

in the vineyard : Service Area: Pinotage; 3.18 hectares
Terroir: The Pinotage vineyard is planted on N-NW facing slope at 180m - 200m.The soil on all these blocks varies from medium to heavy textured, with a moderate structure and shale mother material. The clay content varies from 15% - 20%
Trellising: Bush vines
Vineyard Age: Pinotage 15 years
Density/Block: 3396 vines per hectare
Soil Preparation: Mechanical preparation adjusting of pH with lime.

about the harvest: Harvesting by hand in picking baskets which get tipped in bins for transport to the cellar.
Date of Ripening: Pinotage 12/02/2010

in the cellar : Basic Cellar Procedure: Receiving of grapes during the day. Crushing and de-stemming and the mash are pumped to Marionette fermentation tanks where the juice receives 3 hours of skin contact. Fermentation took place at 12° - 17° C.
Press: Bucher Pneumatic press. Wine from pressed skins was kept separately from the free run wine.
Bottling Date: 23/10/2010

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