Danie de Wet Naissance Cabernet Sauvignon 2000

This is the first red from Danie de Wet. This wine shows soft plum and ripe berry fruit. It is an elegant wine, ideal with most red meat dishes and casseroles.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ Cabernet Sauvignon ]

winery :

winemaker : Danie de Wet

wine of origin : Breede River

analysis : alc : 13.04 % vol rs : 2.34 g/l pH : 3.57 ta : 6.56 g/l so2 : 132 mg/l fso2 : 40 mg/l

type : Red

ageing : 7 to 8 years.

in the vineyard : The ideal soil conditions for vineyard cultivation in the Cape allows Danie de Wet to match specific cultivars to their ideal soil requirements, in the belief that good wine is made in the vineyard, not in the cellar.

Rootstock: Richter 101-14
Age of the vines: 5 years
Yield: 6 tons per hectare
Soil type: Gravel lime
Vines per hectare: 4000
Trellising style: 6 Wire fence system, cordon with spur pruning

in the cellar : The juice for this wine was cold soaked before it was fermented. Malolactic fermentation took place in small French Oak barrels whereafter it matured in the barrels for several months before bottling.

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