Bovlei Lifestyle Cape Ruby (Discontinued)

This pleasant, lower in alcohol, uncomplicated style of Port has a plum-coloured tint with spicy Ruby aromas on the nose. The fruitiness can be tasted and it has a low tannin contents.

Ripe plums and blackberries on the nose.

As an aperitif

variety : Touriga Nacional [ 57 % Sauzao; 29% Touriga Nacional, 14% Tinta Barroca ]

winery : Bovlei Cellar (Wellington Wines)

winemaker : Jacques Theron / Frank Meaker

wine of origin : Wellington

analysis : alc : 16.5 % vol rs : 94.7 g/l pH : 3.71 ta : 5.6 g/l

type : Fortified style : Sweet wooded

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

ageing : This wine is ready to drink now, but will mature further in the bottle with age.

in the vineyard : Soil; sandy loam, gravel underlays. Rootstock.

about the harvest: Varieties that are grown in the Wellington area, in the classical tradition of the finest Ports in the world.

in the cellar : After the harvest the grapes were crushed and destemmed and fermented in Rotor tanks. When the right sugar levels were obtained, the fermenting grapes were pressed and the juice fortified with brandy spiritus from the KWV. After maturation in stainless steel tanks the vintages were blended together, protein stabilized with Wyoming Bentonite and naturally cold stabilized.

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Bovlei Lifestyle Cape Ruby (Discontinued)

Touriga Nacional

Jacques Theron / Frank Meaker