Beaumont Mourvèdre 2010

Name: Beaumont Mourvèdre 2010
Brand: Beaumont
SKU: 34060

This vintage is back to its back label description of deep, dark and dangerously delicious. With black pepper and its characteristic core of tannin running through the palate creating serious length.

Spicy roasted red meat or game, grilled pork or calf's liver, rich hearty dishes such as paella with chorizo and hot spices.

variety : Mourvedre [ 100% Mourvèdre ]

winery : Beaumont Wines

winemaker : Sebastian Beaumont and Marelise van Rensburg

wine of origin : Walker Bay

analysis : alc : 15.3 % vol rs : 2.3 g/l pH : 3.52 ta : 5.9 g/l

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

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : 8 - 10 years

in the vineyard : Beaumont wines was the first winery in South Africa to bottle a Mourvèdre - this varietal originated in Spain and traditionally planted in France to enhance classic Shiraz blends. Mourvédre's dark, thick-skinned berries result in powerful spicy and sometimes gamey aromas in their youth.

This unique wine was made from a small parcel of Mourvèdre with a low crop yield of 4 tons/ha. Grapes were harvested at full ripeness, cold soaked, fermented in concrete tanks and allowed a post maceration of 3 weeks, where after it was pressed directly into 100% French oak barrels.

Vineyard age: 16 years
Yield: 4 tons/ha

Vintage conditions: The 2010 vintage produced deep rich wines due to extremely low yields and warm dry growing conditions.

about the harvest: Balling at Harvest: 26° Balling

in the cellar : After the grapes were cold soaked for 2 days and till natural fermentation started. A warm ferment of 28 - 30°C was allowed with 2 hourly punch downs in an open vat. Six days of fermentation with three weeks post maceration. Pressed directly into barrel.

Maturation: Maturation in French oak for 18 months
Bottles produced: 900 bottles (3 barrels)
Packaging: 6 x 750ml

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