Kanu Rockwood Red 2014

Name: Kanu Rockwood Red 2014
Brand: Kanu
SKU: 38464

Intense, deep ruby in colour. Palate is clean with juicy berries and spicy characters. The charry wood tannins gives way to an almost sweet mid-palate followed again by the balanced tannins and acidity of the wine to finish long with an almost perceptible bitter chocolate note.

An everyday social red to be enjoyed on it's own or with slow roasted Oxtail. Serve slightly cooled in summer with mezze platters and salads.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Shiraz, 22% Grenache, 5% Malbec, 4% Mourvedre, 2%Petit Verdot. ]

winery : Kanu Wines

winemaker : Johan Grimbeek

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol rs : 6.6 g/l pH : 3.54 ta : 5.6 g/l so2 : 100 mg/l

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

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

ageing : Drinking well now, but will benefit from two to three years’ bottle maturation.

While the wine is imminently drinkable now, the combination of tannins and acidity ensures that the wine will age gracefully over the next 3 years.

about the harvest: Date of Harvest: End of March
Type of Harvest: Hand harvest

in the cellar : The different cultivars were picked at optimal ripeness in various wards in the Western Cape. Each variety was vinified separately, some inoculated with selected yeast while others went through natural/wild fermentation. The C/S and Petit Verdot portion was pressed after two days of fermentation on the skins and completed alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with French oak chips to enhance the structure and keep the tannins soft and accessible. After MLF some wines went into 500l barrels for maturation and the balance was left in tanks to mature. The blend was made up in September 2015, given a light fining, filtered and stabilized prior to bottling.

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