Whalehaven Old Harbour 2009

This blend boasts aromas of aromas of spices and chocolate with mouth filling flavours of red plum and blackcurrants. Well balanced and soft with a long lingering finish.

variety : Merlot [ 53% Merlot, 28% Pinotage and a few other grape varietals ]

winery : Whalehaven Wines

winemaker : Reino Thiart

wine of origin :

analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol rs : 3.6 g/l pH : 3.49 ta : 5.4 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Soft

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

in the vineyard : Soils: Granite/Tukulu (decomposed granite)/Table Mountain Sandstone
Aspect: South West
Area: Various
Trellising: Vertical Shoot Positioning
Irrigation: Drip
Predominant wind: SE summer / NW Winter
Date of planting: 1999 / 2000
Clones: Various

about the harvest: Date of picking: Various
Balling at picking: 24.8°B

in the cellar : The grapes were separately crushed and fermented in stainless steel tanks and did malolactic in barrels before being blended into tank, where it spends a further 6 months on staves with micro-oxygenation. After a light egg white fining and filtration the wine was bottled.

Date of bottling: 5 October 2010

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