Kleine Rust Cellar Pinotage Rosé 2012

Pinotage is one of the world’s best varieties from making rose. It expresses South African sun and summer at its best. A strawberry suffle at its best. This wine shows ample summer fruits on the nose – it is highly concentrated with raspberry, cherries and ripe peach and apricot notes. These flavours are carried forward onto the palate ending in a rich and soft aftertaste.

To be enjoyed with salads, pizzas or any occasion that calls for cheerful celebration!!

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Stellenrust Wine Estate

winemaker : Tertius Boshoff

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13 % vol rs : 5.9 g/l pH : 3.2 ta : 6.7 g/l

type : Rose

pack : Bottle closure : Screwcap

in the vineyard : The grapes used for this wine comes from 15 year old trellised vines planted in the Bottelary Hills. The vineyards are planted in decomposed granite. Grapes are specifically grown for making Rose and canopy control forms and intrinsic part of vineyard management.

about the harvest: Grapes are picked at a ripeness of around 22º Balling.

in the cellar : The juice was allowed skin contact with the grapes for a maximum of 6 hours. The juice is separated from the skins and then inoculated with a homemade brew of yeast.

It is fermented cold in stainless steel tanks over a period of 2 to 3 weeks at between 11° - 15° C and left for a short while afterwards on its fermentation lees to extract even more flavour.

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