variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ Cabernet Sauvignon & Petit Verdot ]
winemaker : Gyles Webb & Rudi Schultz
wine of origin : Elgin
analysis : alc : 14.92 % vol rs : 1.5 g/l pH : 3.66 ta : 5.9 g/l
type : Red style : Dry taste : Fruity wooded
pack : Bottle closure : Cork
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: 17th March (Cab S) & 9th March (Petit Ver)
Grape sugar: 25.2 oB (Cab S) & 25.7 oB (Petit Ver)
Acidity: 4.8 g/l (Cab S) & 6.8 g/l (Petit Ver)
pH at harvest: 3.52 (Cab S) / 3.45 (Petit Ver)
in the cellar : Yeasts: Natural occurring yeasts
Fermentation temp: 28 °C
Method: De-stalked, hand sorting of berries, crushed, pumped into steel tanks, pumped over for 7 days, left for 3 days before pressing, racked to barrel for malolactic fermentation.
18 Months in 35% new oak, balance in older barrels. Wines were fermented separately.