Steenberg Nebbiolo 2018

Name: Steenberg Nebbiolo 2018
Brand: Steenberg
SKU: 49962

On appearance, this wine is slightly brick red with a clear yet bright hue. The bouquet displays notes of savoury strawberry compote, aniseed and truffle; along with notes of leather and red cherry. The wine displays the natural tart acidity and grippy tannins of Nebbiolo, accompanied with hints of sour cherry, raspberry and tobacco leaf. The wine shows beautiful fruit and floral characters in youth.

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variety : Nebbiolo [ 100% Nebbiolo ]

winery : Steenberg Vineyards

winemaker : JD Pretorius

wine of origin : Constantia

analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol rs : 3 g/l pH : 3.6 ta : 5.5 g/l

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

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

ageing : Will develop well over the next 7 to 10 years and will greatly reward those who resist its youthful charm.

in the vineyard : Soil type: Clovelly / Sterkspruit
Trellising: Elongated Perold
Age of vines: 25 and 12 years
Pruning: Spur - Box pruning
Yield: 7.6 tons/ha
Rootstock: 101 - 114 MGT

in the cellar : The grapes were crushed into stainless steel fermentation tanks where they fermented at 27°C for approximately 15 days. The juice was inoculated with a yeast strain selected for the development of the natural characters in the Nebbiolo grape. Two pump-overs were done per day to extract colour and tannin. The wine underwent malolactic fermentation in barrel and thereafter matured in 500l barrels with 20% first fill, 10% second fill, 20% third fill, 25% fourth fill and 25% fifth fill French oak barrels for 19 months.

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