Lanzerac Pinotage 2010

Name: Lanzerac Pinotage 2010
Brand: Lanzerac
SKU: 29679

An excellent deep colour, with ripe berries and plums on the nose and palate with a good mouth-feel and lingering aftertaste. With five to ten years’ maturation it will start to acquire the velvet density and luxurious chocolate and caramel flavours of its very early Lanzerac predecessors.
The 2010 Pinotage is a full-bodied, complex wine with a beautiful fruit/wood balance and a good tannin structure that will allow it to age extremely well.

Malay currie, bobotie, venison

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variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Lanzerac Wine Estate

winemaker : Wynand Lategan

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.38 % vol rs : 2.4 g/l pH : 3.61 ta : 6.1 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : Mature for a further 3-5 years

in the vineyard : Vineyard blocks: Vineyard blocks D10 and bushvines from Amperbo (Bottelary).

Area: 2.38 HA

Crop size: 14.9 Tons

Tons per ha: 6.2 t/ha

Altitude: 400 – 420 meter above sea level

Age of vines: 15 Years

Rootstock: Richter 110

Clones: PI 48

Soil: Deep gravel soil.

Plant direction: N/S

Trellising: Perold system

Space between rows: 2,75 m

Space between vines: 1,2m

Irrigation: Micro

Canopy management: Winter pruning is followed by effective suckering and shoot thinning during summer. Emphasise on shoot and crop management ensures even ripeness and concentration of fruit.

about the harvest: All harvesting is done by hand. Extreme care is taken not to damage grapes and only healthy grapes are picked.

in the cellar : After harvesting during February, the grapes were de-stalked, inoculated and fermented on the skins for 3 to 4 days. Pumpovers every four hours. The Pinotage was pressed before the wine fermented dry to ensure soft tannis. After fermentation French Oak barrels were filled where malolactic fermentation took place. After MLF the wine was racked and the wine sulphured.
Following three months of resting in wood, it was racked again before being returned to the cleaned out barrels for a further 12 months.

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