Obikwa Fruity Red 2010

Winemaker Bonny van Niekerk describes this as an easy drinking wine with a soft succulent fruitiness and a ruby colour. The wine bursts with cherry and plum flavours and with an alcohol of 7.5% vol it is an easy drinking wine for everyday enjoyment.

Immensely approachable, it is an everyday drinking wine for savouring on its own or enjoying with robustly flavoured pasta, meat and game dishes as well as cheeses.

variety : Cinsaut [ 20% Cabernet Sauvignon; 44% Cinsaut; 36% Muscat ]
winery : Obikwa Wines
winemaker : Bonnie Van Niekerk
wine of origin : Stelllenbosch
analysis : alc : 7.5 % vol  rs : 70 g/l  pH : 3.6  ta : 5.6 g/l  
type : Red  
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

in the vineyard : Background
Taking its name from one of South Africa's early peoples at the Cape, this wine celebrates the endurance and ingenuity of the Obikwa people, as well as the resilience of the ostrich. Indigenous to the area, together they survived tough times and tough terrain.

This wine is made in the Adam Tas cellars in Stellenbosch.

The vineyards
To ensure optimum quality and consistency, grapes were sourced widely to meet exacting standards.

This wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon 20%, Cinsaut 44%and Muscat36%. The grapes for this wine were hand-picked from a selection of the Cape’s top vineyards in Stellenbosch, Paarl, Wellington and Robertson, harvested at a low balling to ensure a low alcohol and a fruit-driven character to the eventual wine.

about the harvest: Grapes were harvested at 20° Balling in February and March.

in the cellar : 

Each vineyard block was separately vinified. The juice was fermented at low temperatures (between 13° C - 15° C) to retain fruit flavours. In addition, three days' maceration helped to preserve flavour while giving intensity of colour to the wine. The skins were then removed, pressed and fermentation completed.The Muscat was fermented cold in stainless steel tanks and blended with the red wine.

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