Spier Vintage Selection Shiraz 2006

Name: Spier Vintage Selection Shiraz 2006
Brand: Spier Vintage Selection
SKU: 18461

2008 Veritas Awards - Gold Medal
Dark red, with startling, youthful ruby red rim. Beautiful flavours of violets, mulberries and black pepper. The palate is generous with mulberry fruit, vanilla spice and hints of toast on the palate. Tongue clicking fruit freshness supported by mouth polishing tannin structure.

Serve with red meat, pork, game birds or pasta.

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variety : Shiraz [ 100% Shiraz ]

winery : Spier Wine Farm

winemaker : Johan Jordaan

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 14.74 % vol rs : 3.0 g/l pH : 3.49 ta : 5.9 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Medium taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

2008 Veritas Awards - Gold Medal

ageing : Drink from 2 years of harvest up to 8 years from harvest.

in the vineyard : Climate
Proximity to Ocean: 14 km
Annual Rainfall: 960 mm
Average Temperature: Summer 21° C / Winter 14° C

Soil
Clovelly and Glen Rosa

Vineyard
Trellised, 9 year-old vines planted on southeast-facing slopes yielded the grapes for this wine. The vineyards received supplementary drip irrigation and produced 8 tons per hectare.

about the harvest: Grapes were harvested from chosen vineyard blocks at 25.7° Balling.

in the cellar : After harvesting the grapes were soaked for 2-3 days at 13-14°C. Following fermentation in stainless steel tanks, wines from specific tanks were chosen to undergo malolactic fermentation in oak barrels. The wine matured in a combination of French- and American oak. Only the finet wine was chosen from the 2006 vintage to result in this beautiful personification of the 2006 harvest.

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