| Winemaker |
Beyers Truter |
| Origin |
Simonsberg - Stellenbosch |
| Climate |
Relative cool climate during growing season, with heatwaves (occationally) at harvest time – small crop. |
| Age of Vines |
31 Years |
| Irrigation |
None |
| Soil |
Hutton, Decomposed Granite |
| Yield |
5 Tons/ha – 3 200 litres/ha |
| Vinification |
5 Days on the skins in open fermenters at 29 °C. Punch cap by hand. After malolactic fermentation for 20 months in Sequin Moreau oak (225 lit.) 50 % new oak and 50 % 2nd fill. |
| Product Description |
Full bodied, complex red wine with fruit flavours that is well in balance with the oak, tannin and acid of the wine. A wine that will last for at least 6-8 years. It will go well with roasts, red meat and game. |
| Chenical Analysis |
| F SO2 |
TOT SO2 |
PH |
T/A |
ALC |
R/S |
V/A |
| 18 |
75 |
3.56 |
5.8 |
13.1 |
2.1 |
0.6 |
|
