L Avenir Merlot 2001

Veritas 2003 - Silver
Deep red colour. Berry fruit and meatiness combined with subtile hints of coffee and green peppercorns gives a classical taste to this wine. Soft ripe tannins rounded of by maturation in small French oak results in a well balanced finish.

variety : Merlot [ 100% Merlot ]

winery : L'Avenir Vineyards

winemaker : Francois Naude

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.73 % vol rs : 2.6 g/l pH : 3.18 ta : 5.9 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle

AWARDS

Veritas 2003 - Silver

in the vineyard : Soil Type: Glenrosa
Irrigation: One supplementary
Age of Vines: 13 years

about the harvest: Yield: 9 tonnes per Hectare
Harvested on the 8th of February at 24.5Âº Balling.

in the cellar : Matured in 225 litre French barriques for approx 12 months. 40% New barrels with malolactic fermentation in the barrel and extended lees contact.

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