Thelema Merlot Reserve 2018

Name: Thelema Merlot Reserve 2018
Brand: Thelema
SKU: 46371

This wine is a blend of the best parcels within our merlot vineyards. A wine well structured and showing extraordinary concentrations of ripe berries and cedar wood. Will reward cellaring.

Mushroom risotto, rich pastas and grilled meats.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : Thelema Mountain Vineyards

winemaker : Gyles Webb & Rudi Schultz

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14 % vol rs : 1.8 g/l pH : 3.41 ta : 6.0 g/l

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

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

ageing : Will continue to develop well for 8 years.

in the vineyard : Root stock: R99
Soil type: Hutton – decomposed granite
Age of vines: Planted 1988
Plant density: 3200 vines per hectare
Trellising: vertical hedge
Pruning: 2-bud spurs every 12cm
Yield: 12 t/ha
Irrigation: supplementary drip
Vintage: A warm, dry vintage with a late start, resulted in smaller tonnage but yielding balanced,well structured wines with lovely intensity.

about the harvest: Picking date: 21 March
Grape sugar: 25.4 °B
Acidity: 5.1 g/l
pH at harvest: 3.54

in the cellar : Yeasts: Natural occurring yeasts
Fermentation temp: 27 °C
Method: De-stalked, hand sorted, crushed, pumped into stainless steel fermentation tanks, cold soak for two days, and pumped over twice a day for 5 days, an aerated pump over in the morning and a closed circulation in the afternoon. After fermentation the wine is pressed and racked to barrel for malolactic fermentation.
Wood maturation: 18 months in 100% new French oak barrels.

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