L Avenir Cabernet Sauvignon 1995

Deep red, attractive nose of cedarwood, cigarbox, spice and herbs. Well balanced taste of blackcurrants, dried peaches and oak, matched with soft, dry tannins and long aftertaste.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot ]

winery : L'Avenir Vineyards

winemaker : Francois Naude

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 12.84 % vol rs : 1.6 g/l pH : 3.53 ta : 5.8 g/l

pack : Bottle

AWARDS

Veritas 2007 - Gold

in the vineyard : Soil Type: Glenrosa
Irrigation: Dry land
Age of vines: 7 - 30 years

about the harvest: Yield: 4.6 tonnes/ha
The Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested at 22.6Âº Balling on 7 February 1995.
The Merlot was harvested at 23Âº Balling on 27 January 1995.

in the cellar : Matured for 18 months in small franch oak barrels (33.3% new, 33.3% 2nd-fill, 33.3% 3rd-fill). Fined with egg white before coarse filtration and bottling.

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