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Alto Estate Blend 2023

Colour: Deep, inky-dark burgundy.
Bouquet: A perfumed vintage with floral notes, tobacco leaf and hints of cinnamon and minerality.
Taste:  The palate evolves into a mélange of juicy blackcurrant, plum and cherries with radiant, finely etched tannins. The structure is complex with rich, velvety dried fig and earthy undertones with a long finish of ripe cherries. Refined, mouthwatering and built to age.

Delicious with slow roasted lamb shoulder or beef short ribs braised in red wine. A great accompaniment to mushroom risotto or Spanish style dishes with Chorizo.
variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Shiraz, 10% Cabernet Franc ]
winery : Alto Estate
winemaker : Bertho van der Westhuizen
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol  rs : 3.1 g/l  pH : 3.61  ta : 5.6 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Full  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Cork  
in the vineyard : The winter of 2022 brought consistent rainfall and a cold spell, creating ideal conditions for vine dormancy. The mild 2023 summer, free from extreme heat waves, allowed for slow ripening, resulting in excellent tannin maturity and enhanced fruit flavour development. This wine is made from grapes of north-facing vines, between 14 and 20 years old, that grow in decomposed granite soil situated at altitudes of 135m to 500m above sea level. The vines on the higher slopes are fanned by the cooling maritime breezes from nearby False Bay. A seven-wire Perold trellising system is used, which yielded an average of 7 tons per hectare.
in the cellar : The 3 grape varieties used in this blend ripen at different times and were harvested at 24,5° to 25° Balling. Each varietal was vinified separately and fermented on the skins for 7 to 16 days at 24° to 26°C in closed stainless-steel tanks. The fermenting mash was pumped over several times a day. Malolactic fermentation took place in barrel, racked once and matured for 18 months in 70% new French oak barrels.
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