Simonsvlei Lifestyle Pinotage 2012

An unwooded, off-dry red wine. Seductive bouquet combines plum pudding, black cherry, coffee-chocolate and spice. Soft textured tannins.

Enjoy with meat of your choice, pasta, darker fish… or a handful of chocolates.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Simonsvlei Winery

winemaker : Christine Jones

wine of origin : Western Cape

analysis : alc : 14 % vol rs : 6.06 g/l pH : 3.75 ta : 5.13 g/l so2 : 108 mg/l

type : Red style : Off Dry taste : Fragrant

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

in the vineyard : East facing vineyards with 50/50 5-Wire Perold trellising system and bush vine plantings. Planting density at 1,2 x 2,7 metres. Grapes sourced mostly from the Klein Drakenstein-area. Basic canopy and crop management.

about the harvest: Harvesting from mid-February to mid-March.
YIELD: 8 – 10 t/ha
BALLING AT HARVEST: 24,5 – 26 °B

in the cellar : Fermented on skins in stainless steel tanks @ 24 – 28°C for 7 – 12 days. Pressed and racked to stainless steel tanks. Malolactic fermentation. Fining with gelatine/egg white. Kieselghur filtration. No wood treatment.

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