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Fable Bobbejaan 2010

Colour: Bright crimson.
Bouquet: The nose is complex and spicy with subtle undertones of red berry fruit.
Palate: The palate is balanced and playful, rich and structured with a long finish of chalky tannins and a savoury mature weight. Hand made with graceful development in mind.

variety : Shiraz [ 100% Syrah ]
winemaker : Rebecca Tanner
wine of origin : Western Cape
analysis : alc : 14.45 % vol  rs : 2.6 g/l  pH : 3.67  ta : 5.5 g/l  va : 0.62 g/l  so2 : 100 mg/l  fso2 : 34 mg/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  
pack : Bottle  size : 0  closure : Cork  
AWARDS
2010 Vintage: 4½ in John Platter

ageing : Drink now up to 10 years.br /

in the vineyard : Source of Grapes
The fruit for the Bobbejaan comes from the very best parcels of Syrah from of our Estate vineyards. The vines are approximately 10 years-old and planted in Glen Rosa soils based on Malmesbury shale. The vineyards are planted on northwest facing slopes adjacent to the Witzenberg Mountains in Tulbagh.
about the harvest: When the grapes are ready to be picked they are brought to the cellar in the early hours of the morning in small lug boxes.
in the cellar : Here they are put over the sorting table and gently crushed and de-stemmed into open 500L barrels. A portion of whole bunches are also added to the Syrah. At the crushing stage 25ppm SO2 is added but no other additions are made.

After about 4 days, fermentation begins with indigenous yeasts, which are cultivated naturally in our biodynamic vineyards. Once the fermentation begins the wine is punched down two to three times a day. Temperatures do not exceed 30 degrees centigrade and fermentation generally lasts from 7 to 10 days. After fermentation the wine stays on skins for a further 4 to 6 weeks before being drained through the small basket press and pressed straight to barrel where the wine undergoes natural malolactic fermentation. The wine is racked once after a year and is blended and bottled after 18 months. The Bobbejaan represents a true expression of the Fable terroir and is 100% hand made with love and care.

Maturation
18 - 20 months in 500L French oak barrels of which a third is new.
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