Manley Private Cellar Pinotage 2020

A beautiful deep red coloured wine with aromas of dark purple fruit, strawberry and sour cherry on the nose. Fermented dry with an extremely well-integrated, smooth but grippy tannin structure. From this grape variety the harvest of juice came in at 7.2 hl/ton. Aged for 18 months in 2nd and 3rd filled French oak barrels.

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variety : Pinotage [ Pinotage ]

winery : Manley Wine Estate

winemaker : Joshua van Blommenstein

wine of origin : Tulbagh

analysis : alc : 15.1 % vol rs : 2.6 g/l pH : 3.39 ta : 5.5 g/l

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

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : 0

ageing : Can keep up to 8 years.

in the vineyard : Vines : single block vineyard with a total area of 1.00 ha.
Yield : Harvest 7.4 tons at 7.4 tons/ha
Clone : PI 48A
Trellis : Double Cordon

about the harvest: Grapes were handpicked, force-cooled and sorted on sorting table before being destemmed.

in the cellar : Berries were conveyed to tanks and crushed directly into them. The mash was cold-soaked for 48 hours. Malolactic fermentation took place in barrels. 16 months in 30% new, 20% 2nd fill American Oak, and 40% new and 10% 2nd fill French Oak barrels.

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