Mooiplaas Cabernet Sauvignon 1998

Very intense colour, almost black. Nose shows typical berry and minty fruit backed up by quality oak. Big structure and good intensity, well balanced.


variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ Cabernet Sauvignon ]
winery : Mooiplaas Estate
winemaker : Louis Roos
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 13.8 % vol  rs : 2.3 g/l  pH : 3.67  ta : 6.0 g/l  
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : A powerful wine that should age very well.

about the harvest: Harvested on the 22nd and 23rd of February 1998 at 3 & 6 tonnes per hectare. The grapes were brought in at 25° Balling.

in the cellar : Fermentation took place for 9 days on the skins in closed tanks at approximately 25°C. Pumped over 3 times per day.
Maturation took place in small French and American-oak barrels for 14 months.
No filtration or stabilisation was used prior to bottling, which was in November 1999 at the estate.

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