Tygerberg Perle Pinotage Rose 2015

2015 was the maiden vintage for our Perlé wine. Laden with characteristic strawberry and raspberry fruit flavours, this off-dry Rosé displays a refreshing sparkle on the palate with lingering red fruits.

A fun wine to be enjoyed liberally!

variety : Pinotage

winery :

winemaker : Etienne Louw

wine of origin : Durbanville

analysis : alc : 12.53 % vol rs : 10.4 g/l pH : 3.56 ta : 5.6 g/l so2 : 69 mg/l

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in the vineyard : Dry-land vineyards with an average yield of 12 tons/ha. North-facing slopes with Hutton soil type. The hedgerow trellising system is employed and the vineyards are spur-pruned. Average age of vines – 5 years.

in the cellar : Both the traditional French blanc de noir and saigneé (pronounced sonyay) methods were employed in making this wine. The blanc de noir portion was picked at 22.5 ºBalling from young vineyards and cooled to 10 ºC overnight. 6 hours of skin contact was allowed before pressing, from where onwards white winemaking protocol was followed. 5% unfermenting pink juice was also drawn from our Pinotage open fermenters for the saigneé portion. The juice was fermented with VIN13 at 12 ºC. Prior to bottling, the wine was lightly sparged with carbon dioxide for a delicately refreshing sparkle!

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Tygerberg Perle Pinotage Rose 2015

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Etienne Louw