Balance Winemakers Selection Merlot 2013

To create this wine our winemaker selected only the most exceptional fruit, grown in prime vineyard blocks. An elegant wine with aromatics of black cherries and currants finishing with a subtle spice.

Serve with Boeuf Bourguignon; Chicken Marsala; Quesadillas and minestrone soup.

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variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : Overhex Wines

winemaker : Willie Malan and Ben Snyman

wine of origin : Western Cape

analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol rs : 2.0 g/l pH : 3.57 ta : 5.56 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Screwcap

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about the harvest: March - Hand Harvest

in the cellar : Grapes were cold soaked for two days after which traditional skin fermentation commenced. After completion of alcoholic fermentation wine underwent malolactic fermentation. The wine was aged in second fill French oak barrels for 12 months.

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