L Avenir Cabernet Sauvignon 1997

Garnet red colour with complex red bery fruit and spice on the nose. A beautifully balanced wine - full with rich fruit and oak and soft tannins that end in a long smooth finish.


variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ Cabernet Sauvignon ]
winemaker : Francois Naude
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 13.49 % vol  rs : 2.1 g/l  pH : 3.67  ta : 5.9 g/l  
pack : Bottle  

AWARDS
Veritas 1999 - Gold - Prowein - "Sehr-Gut"
SAA 2000 "Wine of the Months" - First Class
Michelangelo 1999 - Gold
about the harvest: Yield: 4 - 10 tonnes/ha
The Cabernet Sauvignon was harvested at 23.6º Balling on 24 March 1997.
The Merlot was harvested at 24º Balling 3 March 1997.

in the cellar : Matured for 19 months in small French "barriques" - 1/3 new. Soft ripe tannins required no fining at all.

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