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Pepin Condé Coastal Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 - EXPORT ONLY

We were looking to make a fruit-forward, modern-style cabernet, but also a wine with the structure to age. All the vineyards are good, low-yielding vineyards that produce well-structured cabernet. The grapes from Stellenbosch tend to make a wine that is more medium-bodied with a good tannic grip. The Paarl wine is naturally fruitier and softer. They complement each other very well in a blend. The wine has classic blackberry fruit aromas with notes of cedar and vanilla. The palate has lush blackcurrant fruit and a very soft tannin. 

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot ]
winemaker : José Conde
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol  rs : 4.2 g/l  pH : 3.51  ta : 5.6 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : 

This wine will reward medium-term cellaring.
in the vineyard : 
Clone: CS46C, CS163C, CS1
Rootstock: Richter 110, 99
Fruit source: a blend of fruit from the Bottelary Hills (Stellenbosch) and Agter-Paarl (Paarl Region).
Yield: 8 tons/hectare
Irrigation: supplemental drip irrigation
Vineyard elevation: various, but averaging about 200m
Age of vines: 15 years at harvest

The grapes for this wine were from an established cabernet vineyard located in the Bottelary hills and blended with fruit from several Agter-Paarl vineyards. 
about the harvest: 
Yield: 8 tons/hectare
ºB at harvest:  24-25º

The grapes were picked in small lug boxes.
in the cellar : Fairly straightforward winemaking was employed: the grapes were brought to the winery and destemmed and crushed into stainless-steel tanks. The fermenting juice was given 3x daily open open pumpovers. When dry it was pressed and racked back to tank for the malo-lactic fermentation. A portion of the wine was also put into barrel for malo-lactic. The wine was matured in a mix of French and American oak barrels for 12 months. Given a light filtration at bottling.
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