Capelands Red 2003

The wine is ruby in colour with a medley of ripe cherry and sweet black prune aromas. Ripe strawberry flavours on the palate are supported by soft tannins.

Serve with pasta and other Italian dishes.

variety : Ruby Cabernet [ Ruby Cabernet, Cinsaut, Pinotage ]

winery :

winemaker : Frans Smit

wine of origin :

analysis : alc : 13.78 % vol rs : 2.9 g/l pH : 3.66 ta : 5.3 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle

ageing : Enjoy now, or within 2 years from harvest.

in the vineyard : Trellised Shiraz, Ruby Cabernet, Cinsaut and Pinotage vines that are between 5 and 7 years old yielded the grapes for this wine. The vines produced between 12 and 14 tons per hectare.
Soil: Hutton, Malmesbury Scaley

in the cellar : The grapes were picked at 24.5Â° Balling. The must was fermented for 6 to 8 days. A 70% portion completed malolactic fermentation.
The wine was matured with French oak staves.

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Capelands Red 2003

Ruby Cabernet

Frans Smit