Raats Dolomite Cabernet Franc 2010
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Raats Dolomite Cabernet Franc 2010

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Stellenbosch
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technical analysis
Winemaker :  Bruwer Raats
Main Variety :  Cabernet Franc
Alcohol :  13.5  %vol
pH :  3.6
RS :  2.6 g/l
Total Acid :  5.95 g/l
Balling :  24-25 °
Yield :  5-6  ton/H
Appellation :  Coastal Region
characteristics
Type :  Red
Style :  Dry
WOODED

 
accolades
  • Scored 92 by Neil Martin, The Wine Advocate (January 2013).
  • Rated 4 Stars, John Platter 2013 (October 2012).
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    tasting notes
    Individually crafted from unique vineyard parcels, Dolomite wines express great purity of fruit and balanced elegance. Displays succulent red fruits coupled with a beautifully smoky, mineral quality. Supple, extremely moreish and a great example of this much under-rated variety.
     
    ageing potential
    3 - 5 years (2013 - 2015) or longer with proper storage.
     
    blend information
    90% Cabernet Franc, 10% Malbec
     
    food suggestions
    Pork Loin with plum and Armagnac sauce.
    Game bird with red wine sauce.
    Any Springbok, Ostrich or Kudu.
    Beef Fillet.
     
    in the vineyard
    Soil Type: 100% Decomposed Dolomite Granite.
    Age of vines: 18 - 25 years.
    Trellised and Bush Vines.
    No irrigation.

    The fruit comes from Stellenbosch and Paarl and grown only on decomposed dolomite granite, which gives a great acidity and freshness to the wine and adds minerality to the finish.
     
    about the harvest
    Picking Date: Individual vineyard blocks each hand-picked at perfect ripeness the last week in February till the first week in March.

    Grape Sugar: 24° - 25° Balling
    Acidity: 6.0 g/l
    pH at Harvest: 3.45
     
    in the cellar
    Grapes were hand sorted three times, crushed and left to cold soak on the skins for five days. After fermentation the grapes are basket pressed and allowed to undergo malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks and then aged for 12 to 14 months before bottling. Neither fined nor filtered.

    Fermentation Temperature: 28° C

    Wood Ageing
    12 to 14 months in French Vicard and Mercury oak barrels (50% third fill and 50% fourth fill).
     
      
     
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