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Avontuur Estate
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Avontuur Estate
+27.218553450
+27.218554600
info@avontuurestate.co.za
www.avontuurestate.co.za
P.O. Box 1128
Somerset West
7129
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Avontuur Pinotage 2008
R 109 per bottle
R 655 per 6 bottle case
delivered to your door in ZA
technical analysis
Winemaker
: Natalie Nel
Main Variety
: Pinotage
Alcohol
: 12.5 %vol
pH
: 3.56
RS
: 3.3 g/l
Total Acid
: 5.5 g/l
Appellation
: Stellenbosch
characteristics
Type
: Red
Style
: Dry
WOODED
tasting notes
Aroma: Upfront spices like cinnamon & rich fruit like red plums and cherries with a whiff of cigar box.
Flavour: Elegant ripe tannins with juicy red berries and a full mouth feel. A medium-bodied wine with a good balance between fruit and oak flavours.
ageing potential
Drink now or over the next 3 years.
blend information
100% Pinotage
food suggestions
Suitable for casual red meat dishes or rich white meats as well as lightly spiced foods.
in the vineyard
Deep, well-drained Hutton and Clovelly soils. Planted on south-west and west-facing slopes. Trellised on a 5-wire Perold system. No irrigation.
about the harvest
Harvest date: February 2008
in the cellar
De-stemmed, cold-soaked for 2 days, inoculated with yeast. Fermented dry on the skins, lightly-pressed. Malolactic fermentation in new and 2nd fill French & American Oak. Aged for 24 months before bottling.
Bottling Date: May 2011
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