Graham Beck The Joshua 2009

Name: Graham Beck The Joshua 2009
Brand: Graham Beck
SKU: 32168

Delightfully aromatic and spicy with generous ripe dark berry fruits and savoury notes on the nose. The palate offers sumptuous black plum pudding fruit trimmed with satin tannins. A full bodied wine with depth, complexity and elegance.

Serve with rich venison, game & bird dishes, Karoo lamb and rare roast beef.

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variety : Shiraz [ 95% Shiraz, 5% Viognier ]

winery : Graham Beck

winemaker : Pieter Ferreira

wine of origin : Coastal Region

analysis : alc : 14.77 % vol rs : 4.04 g/l pH : 3.41 ta : 6.38 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2013 - Bronze

in the vineyard : Shiraz from our Vredenhof farm in Stellenbosch planted on granitic gravels with underlying layers of clay. Viognier from our Franschhoek estate planted on deep well drained sloping granite & sandstone soils.

about the harvest: The Viognier was left on the vine until the ripening of the Shiraz. The grapes were harvested together during the last week of February 2009.

in the cellar : A co-fermentation of Shiraz and Viognier in open fermenters with regular punch downs to ensure soft extraction. Matured in new fill French (90%) and American (10%) oak barrels for 15 months.

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