Manley Private Cellar Pinotage 2019

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.

Venison, beef fillet

variety : Pinotage [ Pinotage ]
winemaker : Joshua van Blommenstein
wine of origin : Tulbagh
analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol  rs : 2.6 g/l  pH : 2.06  ta : 5.75 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Medium  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  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 : The 2019 vintage was an average year regarding rainfall. This offers small berries with better extraction in the cellar. The microclimate
was not always constant in the vineyards but nevertheless a vintage that offered quality grapes.

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