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Springfontein Terroir Selection Pinotage 2011

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 [ 86% T.S. Pinotage, 14% Petit Verdot ]
winemaker : Tariro Masayiti
wine of origin : Overberg
analysis : alc : 15.55 % vol  rs : 2.7 g/l  pH : 3.77  ta : 6.8 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Cork  
AWARDS
Platter Guide: 4 stars
in the vineyard : Vineyard: Altitude 6m above sea level
Soil type: Calcified sand dunes
Age of Vines: 9 years
Rootstock: Paulsen and Richter 99
Age of Vines: Planted in 1999
Trellising: 5 wire, vertical shoot position, double lengthened (Perold system)
about the harvest: Grapes were selected and harvested by hand to ensure optimum quality.

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 14 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: 22/08/2014 
Production: 10 439 bottles
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