A Few Good Men Shiraz 2001

Huge, ripe, juicy red fruit flavours, with an exciting spiciness and a perfect long smooth finish of soft fruits and wood tannin.

Grilled streak.

variety : Shiraz [ 100% Shiraz ]
winery : Riebeek Cellars
winemaker : Zakkie Bester and Eric Saayman
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 14.7 % vol  rs : 2.2 g/l  pH : 3.62  ta : 6.2 g/l  va : 0.51 g/l  so2 : 76 mg/l  fso2 : 32 mg/l  
type : Red  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  

in the vineyard : Only grapes from the vineyard of Jaco Van der Merwe was used for this wine.
Production: 8,5 tons per hectare

about the harvest: The grapes were harvested at an average of 25° Balling.

in the cellar : Crushed and destemed, natural fermentation. Fermented dry on the skins. After alcoholic and MLF racked into 30 % new American oak and 70% in French barrels where it was matured for nine months.

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