Babylonstoren Babel Red 2020

Colour: Ruby red colour.

Bouquet: Pencil shavings and sweet tobacco with mulberry, cherries and dark chocolate on the nose.

Taste: A balanced fusion of dark red berry and chocolate flavours with a soft mouth-feel and juicy, lingering finish.

Rack of lamb, oxtail and succulent lamb shank.

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variety : Shiraz [ 48% Shiraz, 13% Merlot, 11% Petit Verdot, 10% Malbec, 10% Cabernet Franc, 7% Pinotage ]

winery : Babylonstoren

winemaker : Klaas Stoffberg & Charl Coetzee

wine of origin : Western Cape

analysis : alc : 14 % vol rs : 3.57 g/l pH : 3.55 ta : 5.9 g/l

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

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

ageing : Age well between five to eight years.

in the vineyard :

Area Of Production: On the slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain between the wine-growing areas of Franschhoek, Stellenbosch and Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.

Soil Composition: Combination of Klapmuts/Longlands type soils of Malmesbury shale origin as well as Oakleaf and Hutton type soils of Cape granite origin.

about the harvest: Cultivars are harvested separately and made separately.

in the cellar : Fermentation takes place on the skins for about seven days, after which it gets an extended maceration period of about one week. The wine is then pressed into 30% new and 70% second- and third-fill 300 litre French oak barrels. After malolactic fermentation the wine is racked and then returned to the barrels for a total of 12 months.

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