Idiom Merlot / Pinotage / Cabernet Franc / Cabernet Sauvignon / Petit Verdot 2008 (Cape Blend)

A velvety opulent wine made with the Cape's own grape Pinotage, blended with Merlot, Cabernet franc, Cabernet sauvignon and Petit verdot. Developed multi layered aromas, flavours and textures of cassis, leather and red cherry with a long sweet finish.

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variety : Merlot [ 40% Merlot, 30% Pinotage, 15% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot ]

winery : Idiom Wines

winemaker : Reino Thiart

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 15 % vol rs : 2.7 g/l pH : 3.85 ta : 6.2 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full taste : Fragrant wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

in the vineyard : Vineyard – Da Capo, Sir Lowry’s Pass, Helderberg
Soils: Granite/Tukulu (decomposed granite)/Table Mnt. Sandstone
Aspect: Cab s – west, Pinotage – south west, Merlot - south & south west
Trellising: Vertical Shoot Positioning
Irrigation: Drip
Predominant wind: SE Summer / NW Winter
Date of planting: Cab s - 2000, Pinotage - 2001 & 2002, Merlot - 1999
Clones: Cab s – 46C & 1631, 15M, 169AX Pinotage – PI245 & PI148A Merlot – MO343 & MO12, MO181 & MO192, MO3.

about the harvest: Balling at picking: 24.5 - 25.9°B

in the cellar : All the different grapes spent 5 days on cold maceration, where after it was fermented in stainless steel tanks at optimal temperatures of between 22-28°C. Here after malo-lactic fermentation took place on wood staves in stainless steel tanks. The wine were then matured separately for 10 months in 45% new 225L French and American oak, before being blended and left to marry for a further 2-4 months.

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