Zevenwacht Primitivo 2010

A deep, dark, purple-red colour with a cherry-red rim. This wine has an exuberant aroma combining black fruit, plums, dark chocolate, peppery spice and cinnamon. Dense fruit structure, full-bodied plum and dried fruit, supple long tannins with bittersweet dark chocolate mid-palate and long finish. This is not a shy wine.

A date at dusk with a Belgian Beauty. Curves. Shadowy scarlet skies, the faint aroma of freshly ground coffee and a long lingering kiss of chocolate on the finish. Did I mention the curves?


variety : Zinfandel [ 100% Primitivo ]
winemaker : Jacques Viljoen
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 15.5 % vol  rs : 3.5 g/l  pH : 3.54  ta : 7.0 g/l  
type : Red  style : Dry  body : Full  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

in the vineyard : The vineyard for the Primitivo 2010 is situated on a westerly facing slope of the Bottelary Hills. This vineyard is trellised on a seven-wire hedge and receive one to two supplementary irrigations in each growing season. Pruned to two-bud spurs, the vineyard bears approximately 9 tons per hectare.

about the harvest: The grapes for the 2010 Primitivo were handpicked at optimal ripeness with a sugar content of 25.5° Balling and transported to our cellar at Zevenwacht.

in the cellar : The grapes were gently destalked and crushed into a specially designed red wine fermentor. Fermentation took approximately 6 days with temperatures not exceeding 280 Celsius. Four regular pump-overs and punch-downs per day were given for the duration of fermentation. After malolactic fermentation, the winemaker selected the four best 300l barrels (25% first–fill French Oak and 75% second-fill French Oak) for this limited release wine - 1600 bottles produced.

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