Raka Pinotage 2014

This wine has a nice dark colour and a typical Pinotage nose of banana and lots of Rooibos tea. It is full bodied, displays spice and pepper on the tongue, but is soft and smooth with a lingering aftertaste.

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variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Raka Wines

winemaker : Josef Dreyer

wine of origin : Klein River

analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol rs : 2.1 g/l pH : 3.66 ta : 5.3 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

ageing : The fruit and wood flavours are well integrated, making it a ready to drink wine now but delicious in five years.

about the harvest: All grapes were hand picked.

in the cellar : The grapes were sorted before a pure yeast culture, BM 45, was inoculated. The juice was pumped over the skins 3-5 times per day for 5 days. Once fermentation was complete, the wine was drained of the primary lees and transferred to a resting tank. Malolactic fermentation and a brief settling period preceded the wine to a combination of 225 litre of French and Hungarian oak types.

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