Swartland Dry Red 2011

Colour: Deep, red colour.
Bouquet: Fruit driven wine with upfront berry flavours and hints of dark spice.
Palate: This medium bodied wine has lots of berry flavours on the palate and has a low tannin structure, which makes for an easy everyday drinking wine.

Enjoy with light pastas dishes, pizza and barbequed meats.

variety : Pinotage [ 25% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Pinotage, 25% Cinsaut ]

winery : Swartland Winery

winemaker : Andries Blake

wine of origin : Swartland

analysis : alc : 12.40 % vol rs : 2.6 g/l pH : 3.57 ta : 6.5 g/l va : 0.56 g/l so2 : 92 mg/l fso2 : 33 mg/l

type : Red body : Medium wooded

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

ageing : Drink now or within 1 year.

in the vineyard : Temperate, mediterranean weather conditions. Limited irrigation, mainly dry land bush vine vineyards.

about the harvest: Grapes are harvested at about 24° - 27° B.

in the cellar : Fermentation
The 4 cultivars used in our Dry Red blend come from bush vines. Wines are prepared as per usual - fermented dry, malolactic fermentation completed and filtered. After filtration the different cultivars are tasted and the final blends are made.

Post Bottling
Filtered and stored in stainless steel until bottling.

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