Welbedacht Merlot 2007

Name: Welbedacht Merlot 2007
Brand: Welbedacht
SKU: 27651

A massive vineous concentration of sweet strawberries, ripe red cherries and concentrated black current confiture, rendered mysterious by an infusion of aromatic tobacco, fresh liquorice, spicy cloves and dark chocolate.

This voluptuous nose is balanced by a long and well structured palate of intense but fine grained tannins with a spicy liquorice freshness and softened by subtle vanilla and juicy blueberry.

A full-bodied Merlot, layered with fruit, oak and spicy intensity, make this gutsy wine an ideal accompaniment to game, lamb and other related dishes.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : Schalk Burger & Sons

winemaker : Matthew Copeland

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 14.3 % vol rs : 2.20 g/l pH : 3.50 ta : 5.70 g/l va : 0.58 g/l so2 : 78 mg/l fso2 : 22 mg/l

type : Red wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

2007 Michelangelo International Wine Awards - Silver Medal
Veritas 2007 - Gold

in the vineyard : The 2007 vintage was a temperate, but dry vintage, which resulted in slow ripening and high flavour concentration. A day of showers in late January perked-up some of the dry land vineyards, but did lead to increased risk of botrytis on Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc. All in all it was a supreme red vintage.

about the harvest: An average yield of 7 tons/ha was harvested in the early morning, while temperatures were still low.

in the cellar : The grapes were then gently destemmed and crushed.

Fermentation temperatures were moderate to promote elegance and temper harsh tannin extraction. Once pressed, the wine was racked to barrel, where it under went malo-lactic fermentation. Only second, third and fourth-fill barrels were used to enhance the wine’s natural finesse.

After 15 months in small oak a selection of our finest “barriques” was sampled and blended to create this exceptional wine. The wine has not been fined in any way to maintain its natural integrity and structure. Before bottling, however the wine was delicately filtered to make sure that there are no sediments or any other unwanted particles in the wine.

Throughout the life of this wine we have endeavoured to keep the wine as natural as possible.

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