Cloof Pinotage 2009

Name: Cloof Pinotage 2009
Brand: Cloof
SKU: 30197

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Cloof Wine Estate

winemaker : Christopher van Dieren

wine of origin : Darling

analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol rs : 3.0 g/l pH : 3.62 ta : 6.2 g/l

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

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

about the harvest: Harvest date: February 11 & 20

Harvest Sugar: 25 - 27 °B

Yield: 3 to 5 tons/hectare

in the cellar : Fermentation
After 4 days of cold soak at 10ºC the must was inoculated and then fermented for a further 4 days on skins, at 30ºC before pressing. The wine was then racked to tank for malolactic fermentation.

Maturation
After malolactic fermentation in tanks the wine was transferred to barrels and aged in French oak for 15 months before being transferred and blended. 50% of the barrels were new French Oak. After fining and a light filtration the wine was bottled.

Bottling date: 25 February 2011

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