Spier Signature Pinotage 2018

Name: Spier Signature Pinotage 2018
Brand: Spier Signature
SKU: 46079

This classic South African Pinotage offers a generous bouquet of dark cherries, juicy plums and hints of cinnamon with smooth and silky tannins.

An every day favourite - drink this wine at home on a winters night, and pair with pulled pork with a fruity barbecue sauce; lamb chops marinated in Muscadel cooked over the coals; or easy homemade burgers and caramelised onions.

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variety : Pinotage [ Pinotage ]

winery : Spier Wine Farm

winemaker : Jacques Erasmus

wine of origin : Western Cape

analysis : alc : 14.16 % vol rs : 3.7 g/l pH : 3.61 ta : 5.8 g/l

type : Red style : Dry taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Screwcap

in the vineyard : Terroir
Soil: Clovelly, Hutton and Estcourt. Temperature: winter ±9° - ±18°C; summer ±14° - 26°C Annual rainfall: ±650 - ±750mm Proximity to ocean: 40 - 80km

Trellised vines planted between 19 and 21 years ago on northeastern slopes yielded the grapes for this wine. The vines received supplementary irrigation and produced 10 tonnes per hectare.

about the harvest: Grapes were harvested at ±24°B, gently crushed, de-stemmed and cooled.

in the cellar : 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 eight to 10 months; the remainder matured in stainless steel tanks with French oak staves.

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