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Glenelly Grand Vin de Glenelly 2007

Grand Vin de Glenelly is the signature red blend of the estate, the wine has a deep, dark, rich colour. The wine offers an elegant complex bouquet developing aromas of cassis, spicy plums with notes of toast in the background. The palate has a great intensity and concentration with fantastic freshness and fine elegant, but well structured tannins.

variety : Shiraz [ 44% Shiraz, 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot ]
winemaker : _
wine of origin : Simonsberg- Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 14 % vol  rs : 1.7 g/l  pH : 3.8  ta : 5.2 g/l  
type : Red   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  
in the vineyard : • Cool wet winter after 2007 harvest.
• Early spring was cool, with wind and rain.
• Early summer was a normal temperature but had intermittent rain.
• February was cool with high rainfall.
• Budding was good and even.
• Cool, wet conditions in flowering caused loose bunches in Merlot and Shiraz, but lesser in Cabernet Sauvignon.
about the harvest: • Ripening was seven days later than usual.
• Wine quality was exceptional.
• Yield 6 Tons/HA. 40 Hl/Ha.
• Harvested by hand from early February to late March.
in the cellar : The grapes were hand sorted and lightly crushed into stainless steel fermentation tanks. They were given a cold soak for three days before allowing the natural fermentation to start. Three pump overs a day were done on the tanks during fermentation, after which they underwent extended skin contact for 2-3 weeks. The wine was placed in French oak barrels to undergo malolactic fermentation. Matured for 18 months in French oak and racked on average every four months.
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