Foot of Africa Pinotage 2009
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Foot of Africa Pinotage 2009

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our wines » Foot of Africa Pinotage 2009

technical analysis
Winemaker :  Johan Joubert
Main Variety :  Pinotage
Alcohol :  14.0  %vol
pH :  3.63
RS :  3.2 g/l
Total Acid :  6.12 g/l
Balling :  24-25 °
Yield :  6-9  ton/H
Appellation :  Coastal
characteristics
Type :  Red
WOODED

 
tasting notes
The wine shows a deep red colour with intense plum, mulberry and black fruit flavours. The portion that was aged in French oak barrels adds a soft complexity with well integrated firm tannins.
 
blend information
100% Pinotage
 
in the vineyard
The grapes were harvested from two blocks in the Stellenbosch and Durbanville regions.
 
about the harvest
Picking took place at sugar levels of 24°- 25° Balling with optimum ripeness to bring out only the soft, ripe tannins of Pinotage grapes. The crop yield varied between 6 – 9 tons per hectare from bush vine and trellised grapes.
 
in the cellar
After picking, the grapes underwent 3 - 6 days of cold maceration in the tanks. After inoculated with selected yeasts, the juice was regularly pumped over for colour and soft phenol extraction. Fermenting dry, 100% of the blend went through malolactic fermentation in third fill barrels, where the wine remained for 9 months.
 
  
 
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DateStarsPoints (20)*A (3)*N (7)*P (10)ValuePosted ByReview
16 Sep 10 16358Fair N Channing Williams drank this wine in the Haunch of Venison in Salisbury England last night and was very impressed with my fist tasting of the product
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