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Lanzerac Alma Mater Rosé 2013

The Lanzerac Alma Mater Rosé has typical summer fruit like strawberries and watermelon on the nose. The palate is light, succulent, fresh and slightly off-dry. The Alma Mater Rosé is best served well-chilled and will go perfectly with salads and light meals.

Salads and light lunches.
variety : Shiraz [ Shiraz, Malbec ]
winery : Lanzerac
winemaker : Wynand Lategan
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 11.97 % vol  rs : 9.0 g/l  pH : 3.49  ta : 5.9 g/l  
type : Rose  style : Off Dry  body : Light  taste : Fruity  
pack : Bottle  closure : Screwcap  

ageing : Drink now.
in the vineyard : Two vineyards blocks were used in the making of the Alma Mater Rosé 2013. The first is a north-south facing Shiraz block on sandy soils which was planted in 2000. This block, L14, covers an area of 1.1 hectares and had a yield of 15.6 tons in 2013. The second is a Malbec block which was planted in 1995 on an area of 0.48 hectares. This block yielded a crop of 3.7 tons.
about the harvest: All harvesting and pruning is done by hand. Extreme care is taken not to damage grapes and only healthy grapes are picked. The grapes were picked at around 22 - 23° Balling and hand sorted before it was destemmed and crushed. Both the Shiraz and Malbec grapes were harvested together.
in the cellar : The cooled mash juice was left in stainless steel tanks overnight to extract colour. After about 8 - 10 hours the pink juice was drawn of the grape skins and left to settle for 48 hours at 14 - 15° Celsius. The clear juice was drawn of the lees and inoculated with a specific Rosé yeast strain. Fermentation was controlled at around 15° Celsius and took around 10 days to complete. Prior to bottling the wine was filtered, stabilised and slightly sweetened to round off the palate.
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