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Deep, rich plummy colour. A bouquet that’s intensely warm and smoky in character, with distinctive hints of spice. The fruit emerges beautifully and is in superb symmetry with the wood on the palate
Grand Prix Trophy Award John Platter Wine Guide 4.5 out of 5 stars! Veritas Gold 2006 Award Wine maker's Choice Diamon Award VINEYARD: The Ridge Vineyard is a low-yielding 11 year old Shiraz vineyard on the eastern slopes of the Rooiberg on Graham Beck’s Robertson farm. The soil is unique with a thirty centimetre layer of red Karoo earth on hard unweathered shale over 400 million years old. Single vineyard registration. HARVEST DETAILS: The development of the phenolic condition of the grapes was meticulously monitored and hand picked at optimum ripeness. Harvesting took place in the last week of February 2002. VINIFICATION: The hand-picked grapes were destalked and lightly crushed before being pumped into red wine fermentation tanks. Cold soaking was done for 30 hours prior to inoculation for fermentation. The juice was pumped over twice a day to achieve maximum extraction of colour and flavour. At 6°B the mash was then pressed dry and the young wine finished alcoholic fermentation in new American Oak. After malolactic fermentation in the barrel, the wine was racked, returned to the barrels and matured for 14 months in American Oak (75%) and French Oak (25%). 60% new American & 40% new French oak.
Submitted by Michael Tran, visited Peli-Peli on 03/01/2010