Bredells Merlot 2000

Elegant complexity. High tone mint and violets accompanied by some cedary leafy notes on the nose. Round on the palate with a pleasant tannin structure accompanied by cinnamon and anise. Flavours of cherry and lots of berries.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : Bredell Wines

winemaker : Anton Bredell

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol rs : 1.4 g/l pH : 3.61 ta : 5.3 g/l

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

pack : Bottle

in the vineyard : Ten year old vines. Clone Mo 12 on 101-14 rootstock. Dry land bush vines.

about the harvest: Picked at 24.3Âº Balling
Yielded 8 tons per hectare

in the cellar : WE 14 yeast at temperatures which ranged between 24-28ÂºC on the skins in open cement tank without Acid adjustments. The cap was regularly punched down. Fermented till 3Âº Balling on skins, then separated and pressed juice added. The wine was fermented dry in the barrel and aged for a further 12 months in new 300l French oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation completed in the barrels.

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