Graham Beck Old Road Pinotage 2001

â€œRich, plum and dark chocolate flavours intermingled with delicate clove flavours. Ripe fruit tannins for a structured mouthfeel, succulent and full. Elegant, long finish.â€

Any full flavoured dishes, meat, pasta or cheese â€“ even baked puddings.

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variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : House of Graham Beck

winemaker : Pieter Ferreira

wine of origin : Breede River

analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol rs : 2.88 g/l pH : 3.43 ta : 5.58 g/l

type : Red wooded

pack : Bottle

ageing : Will mature in the bottle for a further 8-10 years.

in the vineyard : â€œThe Old Road â€ Vineyard planted in 1971, producing 4 tonnes per hectare.

about the harvest: Handpicked in mid-February 2001

in the cellar : After destalking the wine was pumped in to open fermentors with 3 pump downs per day. Fermented dry on the skins at 28ÂºC after 6 days. Malolactic fermentation followed and the wine was then transferred into new French and American Oak barriques for 12 months. A light egg white fining was added before bottling.

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