Migliarina Shiraz 2009

Colour : Dark ruby red with a youthful purple rim
Nose : Perfumed with sweet cherry, plume and a touch of Iodine
Palate : Soft, yet firm tannins with a creamy mid palate and lasting forest berry finish

variety : Shiraz [ 100% Shiraz ]

winery : Migliarina Wines

winemaker : Carsten Migliarina

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.67 % vol rs : 3.1 g/l pH : 3.57 ta : 6.0 g/l va : 0.55 g/l so2 : 116 mg/l fso2 : 30 mg/l

type : Red style : Dry

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : I believe the wine will show in 3 to 5 years and will last at least for 10 years, let's see what happens.

in the vineyard : The grapes for this wine where sourced from different vineyards in Stellenbosch

about the harvest: The grapes where harvested at 24 to 26 balling depending on the vineyard.

in the cellar : In the cellar the grapes where fermented at between 18 and 25 degrees with an average of 63 days skin contact and malo-lactic fermentation was done on the skins. The wine was matured in French, Hungarian and German oak barrels for 21 months of which 33% was new oak, 33 % second fill and 33% third fill.

This wine was bottled on the 07 of November 2011 and is very young at the moment. Only 2300 bottles were produced.

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