Franschhoek Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon 2000

Medium bodied red wine, good structure. Red and blackberry fruits aroma in good balance with French oak extracts. Serve with red meat dishes (beef, game, barbeque etc.)


variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ Cabernet Sauvignon ]
winemaker : Deon Truter
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 12.5 % vol  
type : Red  
pack : Bottle  

ageing : Wine will develop over the next five years and have excellent ageing potential.

about the harvest: Harvested by hand when sugar is 23°B - 25°B.

in the cellar : After crushing and destalking the pulp is pumped directly into rotor tanks and inoculated with active dry yeast. Fermentation takes place at about 24 to 27°C. Colour and flavour are extracted from the skins through rotation of the rotor tanks during fermentation. When fermented dry, malolactic fermentation follows. After completion the wine is racked. The wine was barrel matured for ± one year in French oak. Before bottling, the wine were stabilised and filtered.

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