Spier Signature Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Name: Spier Signature Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Brand: Spier Signature
SKU: 46072

Appearance: Dark plum purple in colour.
Ripe fruit, cherries and oak spice that follow through from nose to palate.Enjoy at home on a winters night with roast beef or lamb with gravy and hearty vegetables.

Roast beef or lamb with gravy.

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variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ Cabernet Sauvignon ]

winery : Spier Wine Farm

winemaker : Jacques Erasmus

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.65 % vol rs : 3.5 g/l pH : 3.71 ta : 5.3 g/l

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

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

in the vineyard : Terroir
Soil: Clovelly, Hutton and Estcourt.
Temperature: winter 9/18°C; summer 14/26°C
Annual rainfall: 650-850mm
Proximity to ocean: 40-120km

Trellised vines of 14 -16 years old, planted on north-eastern slopes yielded the grapes for this wine. The vines received supplementary irrigation and produced 10 tons per hectare

about the harvest: Grapes were harvested at 24° Balling.

in the cellar : Grapes were harvested at 24°balling, gently crushed, de-stemmed and cooled. After two days of cold soaking the juice was fermented until dry in stainless steel tanks at 24°C. Three pump-overs were conducted daily. After fermentation 20% of the wine was matured in French oak barrels for 8-10 months and the remainder matured in stainless steel tanks with French oak staves.

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