Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Name: Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Brand: Thelema
SKU: 32699

Complex and stylish, with bags of ripe blackcurrant and coffee flavours. This wine is bone dry, yet exhibits a lovely sweet fruit character on the palate. The finish is long and firm.

A perfect accompaniment to grilled beef, especially with a Béarnaise sauce and rocket salad.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 100% Cabernet Sauvignon ]

winery : Thelema Mountain Vineyards

winemaker : Gyles Webb & Rudi Schultz

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.31 % vol rs : 1.8 g/l pH : 3.7 ta : 6.0 g/l va : .56 g/l so2 : 86 mg/l fso2 : 25 mg/l

type : Red style : Very Dry body : Full taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

Gold Medal - Concours Mondial

ageing : Already drinking well, and will develop for 8 years.

in the vineyard : Root stock - 101-14, R110 & R99
Soil type - Hutton – decomposed granite
Age of vines - Planted 1988, 1989 & 2002
Plant density - 3200 vines per hectare
Trellising - Vertical hedge
Pruning - 2-bud spurs every 15cm
Yield - Approximately 8 t/ha
Irrigation - Supplementary drip

about the harvest: Like 2008, there was a late start to the 2009 harvest. Long, moderate to dry warm spells led to near perfect ripening conditions. Possibly one of the best vintages the Cape has seen.

Picking date - 12th March – 15th April
Grape sugar - 24.7 °B
Acidity - 4.9 g/l
pH at harvest - 3.64.9 g/l

in the cellar : Yeasts: Natural occurring yeasts
Fermentation temp: 27 °C
Method: De-stalked, hand sorting of berries, crushed, pumped into stainless steel tanks, pumped over for 8 days, left for 3 days before pressing, racked to barrel for malolactic fermentation.
Wood maturation: 18 months in barrel. 45% new French oak, balance in older barrels.

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