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YMER SHIRAZ 2019

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TASTING & OTHER NOTES
  • Barrel-matured for 21 months. Dark Shiraz colour. Medium-bodied with refreshing intensity on the nose and palate, a touch of spice and notes of dark berries. Elegant tannins and a subtle, pleasing lingering finish.

SERVE AT
  • 17 - 19 degrees C

SERVE WITH
  • Dishes with beef, lamb, venison, sausages and tasty chicken. Hamburgers, stews, pasta dishes, tasty salads and cheese platters...or just some snacks!

DRINK BY
  • Within 10 years from vintage year
WINEMAKING & STORAGE
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The grape bunches were carefully selected and hand-picked in the early morning. After sorting, destemming and light pressing the mash was cold macerated for 50 hours in stainless tanks. Fermentation then took place during about two weeks. The the wine was poured into 225 and 300 l oak barrels through free flow and light pressing. 20 % new French oak. After malolactic fermentation, racking and fining, bottling was done after 20 months in the barrels.

The wine was left to rest and stabilize in the bottles for 21 months before labelling and release.

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Winemaker: Marozanne Bieldt
Viticulturist: Alex le Roux

THE VINEYARD & HARVEST
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  • Cultivar: Shiraz, single block

  • Clone: S1/R 110

  • Age: Planted 2010

  • Yield: 8.0 t/ha

  • Bottles: 1910

  • Block: 1.02 ha

  • Soil: Decomposed shale with
    some fine granite and thin layers of
    loamy sand.

  • Irrigation: Drip, applied in a restrained way

  • Harvesting: Careful, selective
    hand-picking in the early morning

  • Farming practice: Organic, non-certified.

ANALYSIS
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  • Alcohol: 14.5 vol %

  • Total acid: 5.5 g/l

  • pH: 3.79

  • Residual sugar:  2.2 g/l

  • Volatile acidity: 0.77 g/l

  • Free sulphur: 50 mg/l

  • Total sulphur: 98 mg/l

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