Genesis Shiraz 1999

Deep red wine with ruby hue. Spicy ripe fruit aroma on the nose, as well as hints of bracken and coconut. Soft, ripe fruit on the palate with ripe fine tannins, excellent structure and a long plummy finish, supported but not dominated by judicious oak. Good choice of wine to compliment the different characters of meat dishes associated with South Africa, like kudu, or ostrich.

variety : Shiraz [ Shiraz ]

winery :

winemaker : Chris Kelly

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 14.02 % vol rs : 1.6 g/l pH : 3.53 ta : 5.83 g/l

type : Red

ageing : Drinking very well now, or develop further character with several years of bottle maturation.

in the vineyard : All of these vines are grafted on either R110 or 101-14 Mgt and trellised on a 5-wire hedge-system on higher southern slopes.

about the harvest: The vineyard has an average yield of 5-8 tonnes per hectare. Weather during the ripening season was sunny and dry, with the cooling effect of the Atlantic Ocean. Grapes are harvested at 24.5Â°B at the end of February.

in the cellar : 12 months in 80% small French barrels and 20% small American of which half was new.

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