Fantail Pinotage 2012

Name: Fantail Pinotage 2012
Brand: Fantail
SKU: 33254

This is an elegant wine with flavours of cherries & plums and a hint of spice on the nose. These flavours follow through onto smooth palate that finishes with rounded fruity tannins.

variety : Pinotage [ 100% Pinotage ]

winery : Morgenhof Wine Estate

winemaker : Jacques Cilliers

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol rs : 3.4 g/l pH : 3.82 ta : 4.2 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

in the vineyard : Appelation: Stellenbosch

Service Area: Pinotage 3.18 hectares

Terroir: The Pinotage vineyard is planted on N-NW facing slope at 180-200 metres.The soil on all these blocks varies from medium to heavy textured, with a moderate structure and shale mother material. The clay content varies from 15% - 20%

Trellising: Bush vines

Vineyard Age: 17 years

Density/Block: 3 396 vines per hectare

Soil Preparation: Mechanical preparation and adjusting of the pH with lime.

about the harvest: By hand in picking baskets which get tipped in bins for transport to the cellar.

in the cellar : Basic Cellar Procedures: Receiving of grapes during the day. Crushing and de-stemming and the mash is pumped to Marionette fermentation tanks. The mash was cold soaked for 3 days before spontaneous fermentation of the juice started. Commercial yeast was added halve way trough fermentation. Fermentation took place at 28° - 34° C.

Pump-Overs: Aerated pump-overs 6 times per day with aeration moving one times the volume of the tank with every pump-over.

Maceration: 6 days

Press: Bucher Pneumatic press. Wine from pressed skins was kept separately from the free run wine.

Malolactic Fermentation: Malolactic fermentation was done in 100 % barrels.

Maturation: 10 Months in French oak barrels.

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