Slaley Pinotage 2006

Name: Slaley Pinotage 2006
Brand: Slaley
SKU: 30986

Mineral and earthy with truffle, cigar box and leather aromas. Firm but silky tannins with typical Pinotage varietal character such as coffee, toffee, cedar and pencil shavings. A complex wine that will benefit from further ageing in the bottle.
- Marius Malan

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Slaley Wines

winemaker : Marius Malan

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.29 % vol rs : 2.7 g/l pH : 3.73 ta : 6 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : Drink from now or up to 10 years from harvest, depending on storage facility, personal taste and/or food accompaniments.

in the vineyard : Age of vines: 57 years
Trellising: One wire trellising
Pruning: Cordon with spurs
Soil: Deep Hutton
Position: South West facing slope of Simonsberg on the farm Slaley
Irrigation: Overhead sprinklers
Yield: 3.3 Ton/ha

Block 109 was used again, a old bush vine block that still deliver some of the best Pinotage fruit in South Africa.
- Jaco Mouton

about the harvest: Harvest date: 25 February 2006

in the cellar : Fermentation: Four days cold soaking was given prior to inoculation. The wine fermented dry on the skins at a fermentation temperature peaking at over 30ºC, (spontaneous fermentation). The wine underwent Malolactic fermentation in stainless tanks before it was taken to the barrel. There was no skin contact after fermentation.
Maturation: 12 months in wood (50% New oak) 25% American oak.
Fining: None.
Filtration: Only sheet to the bottle.

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