L Avenir Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2000

Deep crimson colour - spicy cedary blackcurrant nose. Meatiness from the Merlot and structure from the Cabernet with plummy fruit from the Pinotage fills the mouth and ends with a dry lingering aftertaste.


variety : Merlot [ 55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon ]
winemaker : Francois Naude
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 14.11 % vol  rs : 2.3 g/l  pH : 3.36  ta : 6.2 g/l  va : 0.6 g/l  so2 : 80 mg/l  fso2 : 34 mg/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  

in the vineyard : Soil Type: Glenrosa
Irrigation: Dry Land
Age of Vines: 12 - 14 years

about the harvest: Yield: 5 - 7.5 tonnes/ha
The Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were harvested at 25º Balling between 16 and 24 February 2000.
The Merlot grapes were harvested at 24.5º Balling between 6 and 9 February 2000.

in the cellar : Matured in 225 litre French barrels for approximately 12 months after which it received an egg-white fining before further maturation in tank prior to bottling.

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