Yonder Hill Y Shiraz 2012

A friendly, soft smooth easy red wine for immediate drinking. It's full of spice, crushed black pepper with hints of violets. Try the wine slightly chilled.

This wine is to be enjoyed with food or on its own, with company or alone, no matter what the occasion. Why not?


variety : Shiraz [ 100% Shiraz ]
winery : Yonder Hill
winemaker : _
wine of origin : Western Cape
analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol  rs : 3.5 g/l  pH : 3.7  ta : 5.4 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 0  closure : Screwcap  

in the vineyard : 

This wine is made from two different regions and different vineyards. The idea is to obtain different flavours and character and balance it out in a bottle.

in the cellar : 

The style of winemaking can be tasted in the wine, soft, easy, smooth style, with no harsh tannins. The grapes ripened mid season. Fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks with daily pump overs to obtain the colour from the skins. Malolactic fermentation was encouraged whilst on the skins. The pressing of the skins took place three weeks after fermentation. The different wines were blended immediately. This wine was barrel matured for 4 months before bottling.

Bottled: 10 May 2012

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