Nelson Wine Estate - Pinotage 2003

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Pinotage 2003

Tasting Notes:		This full-bodied wine has ripe abundant fruit and breadth of flavours with a very long finish.
Food Suggestions:		Lamb shanks with a spicy harisa sauce or mushroom risotto.
Colour:		Deep purple red
Nose:		An intense nose of crushed redcurrants,raspberries and damsons with hints of cedarwood.
Blend Information:		100% Pinotage
Ageing Potential:		Ideal for drinking now.
Awards:
Vinification:		The grapes were picked when fully ripe.Prior to homogenisation, 30% of the juice was drawn off the tank to increase the wine's concentration.The fermentation with vin13 was conducted at 27-30 degrees C and pump overs were vigorant and frequent and were done by hand and not by irrigation.The wine fermented completely dry before pressing wchich, due to super ripe grapes, allowed a harder pressing to draw out more of the rich extracts from the grapes.After malolactic the wine received 18 months ageing in new French oak barrels.The wine was lightly filtered prior to bottling.
Technical Analysis:		Residual Sugar : 3.0 g/l Total Acidity : 6.45 g/l pH : 3.35 Alcohol : 15.15 %

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