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Stellenrust Old Bushvine Cinsaut 2011

This wine offers enchanting strawberry, red cherry and vibrant earthy notes on the nose. These flavours carry forward to a silky palate with ripe fruit and subtle cedar oak.

It makes for great everyday enjoyment, but will complement fried egg noodle or any seasonal salad very well.
variety : Cinsaut [ 100% Cinsaut ]
winemaker : Tertius Boshoff
wine of origin : Bottelary
analysis : alc : 13.4 % vol  rs : 2.2 g/l  pH : 3.48  ta : 5.8 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  
AWARDS
2013 Michelangelo International Wine Awards - Silver Medal
in the vineyard : The vines used for this wine comes from a block of old bushvine Cinsaut planted in decomposed granite in 1964 on our Bottelary property.

General information
The preservation of old vineyards is an integral part of the way forward for Stellenrust. We aim to recognise the great fruit expressed by these grapes through hard work in recooperating their vineyards. It is believed that old vineyards are very similar to old people. Most of them have found peace in themselves - it is our mission to show the world the elegance such inner found peace can bring produce.
about the harvest: Ripening is often much slower with older vineyards and sugar levels barely reach 24° Balling but with optimally ripe fruit. Grapes are harvested between 23° and 24° Balling.
in the cellar : Cold maceration allowed for at least 2 days. Active skin fermentation through a combination of Rhone and Bordeaux yeast is done in open concrete tanks with regular punch-downs of the cap. The wine is kept 7-10 days on the skin and finishes malolactic fermentation in stainless steel. It is then matured for 16 months in second and third fill French oak barrels.
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