Dornier Cocoa Hill Rose 2013

Name: Dornier Cocoa Hill Rose 2013
Brand: Dornier Wines
SKU: 33461

A fresh, dry and vibrant Rose made via direct pressing of Merlot providing a wine with an alluring salmon colour and appealing drinkability.

With its vibrant pale pink colour the wine offers an array of flavours ranging from strawberries and cherries to herbaceous and grassy notes. The palate is vivacious yet full and rich with a moderate acidity to provide for an ever pleasing summer wine.

With its alluring colour this wine is a good pair with fresh salmon, cold meats, lobster, salads, lighter pastas and even complements tomato based dishes that one usually struggles to find suitable wine matches for. Also great with sushi.

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variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : Dornier Wines

winemaker : JC Steyn

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.0 % vol rs : 3.2 g/l pH : 3.31 ta : 5.7 g/l va : 0.31 g/l

type : Rose style : Dry

pack : Bottle closure : Screwcap

AWARDS

2013 vintage: Silver - Michelangelo International Wine Awards, SA 2013

ageing : 2013 through 2015

in the vineyard : 2013 will go down as being perhaps not the easiest vintage recorded in the Blaauwklippen valley. We had extensive wind damage at the end of November, which resulted in our crop being down by 30%. On top of this, we had bouts of rain weekly through the entire months of February and March. This made picking decisions tough, and it was truly a year where the winemaking had to be precise and the handling of the fruit and wine needed to be gentle. Luckily with the reduced crop, we had excellent concentration in our fruit which lead to very full wines.

in the cellar : The one variety that seemed to thrive in these tricky weather conditions was Merlot. The grapes were harvested, and after destemming, spent 2 - 3 hours in the press so as to extract the desired colour, before a light pressing. The resultant pink juice then fermented for 12 days at 13.5° and spent a further 4 months on full lees to provide fullness and body to the wine.

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