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Forge Mill Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot 2002

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A full-bodied wine with good structure, which shows ripe blackberry and integrated wood on the nose and palate

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variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot ]
winemaker : Stephan Smit
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 13.0 % vol  rs : 1.81 g/l  pH : 3.56  ta : 5.77 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Full  taste : Fruity   wooded

ageing : Ready to drink, and will develop within 3 - 5 years.
in the vineyard : Grapes originated from the Coastal Region
Average age of vines: 10 to 15 years
Type of soil: Alluvial
about the harvest: Harvested by hand when sugar is 23°B - 25°B.
in the cellar : After crushing and destalking the pulp is pumped directly into rotor tanks and inoculated with active dry yeast. Fer-mentation takes place at about 24 - 27°C. Colour and flavour are extracted from the skins through rotation of the rotor tanks during fermentation. When fermented dry, malolactic fermentation follows. The wines were separately matured for ± 6 months with French Oak.
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