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Springfontein Terroir Selection Pinotage 2008

Bright ruby colour. This wine opens up on the nose with some earthy, spicy red fruit. The palate is rich and savoury with bright fruit and oak vanilla lingering on aftertaste.

variety : Pinotage [ 93% T.S. Pinotage, 7% Petit Verdot ]
winemaker : Christo Versfeld
wine of origin : Overberg
analysis : alc : 15.00 % vol  rs : 2.4 g/l  pH : 3.83  ta : 5.8 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Cork  
AWARDS
Platter Guide: 4 stars
in the vineyard : Vineyard: Altitude 20m above sea level
Soil type: Calcified sand dunes  
Rootstock: Paulsen and Richter 99
Age of Vines: Planted in 1999
Trellising: 5 wire, vertical shoot position, double lengthened, Perold pruning 2 eyes
about the harvest: Picking date: 04/03/2008
Yield: 5 tons / ha
in the cellar : After de-stemming grapes were cold macerated for 4 days to exctract colour and flavours before fermentation. The wine fermented with wild yeast for 12 days with regular punch downs to extract more colour, flavour and tannins. Malolactic fermentation was completed in barrel followed by maturation in small French and American oak barriques for 14 months. 

Fermentation: 22° - 26° C 
Bottling date: 28/01/2010 
Production: 1 000 bottles
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