Sejana Merlot 2000

A rich and powerful well-balanced wine with great complexity and soft tannins, aroma of nuts and raisins. Flavours of cherries, plums and other red fruit.

variety : Merlot [ Merlot ]

winery : Savanha

winemaker : Frans Smit

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 13.83 % vol rs : 2.1 g/l pH : 3.75 ta : 4.6 g/l

wooded

in the vineyard : Grapes of two trellised, north-facing vineyards.
12-year old vines.
Soil: Red clay.

about the harvest: Harvest took place during the last two weeks in February 2000 at around 24Âº Balling.

in the cellar : Bunches de-stemmed and crushed straight into fermentation tanks after which cold maceration took place for two days. The juice was fermented in small stainless steel tanks with each vineyard treated separately before evaluation and blending three months later. The vinification procedure was conducted with great care. The extraction of colour and flavour was long and soft and the temperature of the process was controlled with precision.
The wines were then transferred to 225 litre French oak barrels (45% new) for malolactic fermentation. The wines are fined with egg white before bottling.
Production: 18 000 litres.

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