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Displaying a combination of floral and berry notes supported by a sweet spiciness, the Shiraz shows huge amounts of ripe tannins with green peppercorns and venison which structure the wine and compliment the fruit.

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SKU:	MU-RMSH-2009

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Wine Composition

100% Shiraz

Winemakers Comments

The wine is an intense red with a violet edge. The nose displays a combination of floral and berry notes supported by a sweet spiciness. The palate shows huge amounts of ripe tannins with green peppercorns and venison which structure the wine and compliment the fruit. This adds longevity to the wine with a vanilla, crème brûlée aftertaste.

Technical Analysis

Vineyards

The Muratie Shiraz is made from three different vineyards on the estate. The oldest block was planted in 1975. The other two blocks were planted in 1994 and 1998. All three blocks are Northwest facing and the elevation varies from 260m to 280m above sea level. The vineyards are all dryland vineyards and the deep rich Table mountain sandstone soils are exceptionally suited to produce concentrated berries.

Cellar Techniques

The vineyards yield approximately 7 tons per Hectare. The grapes are handpicked at optimum ripeness, then gently crushed and destalked. The wine is made in traditional open fermenters which enable plunging and pump-overs to be done with ease. The wine is matured in 90% French oak (30% new) and 10% American oak barrels.

Winemaker

Francois Conradie and Simon Zeeman

Winery

“In the autumn I have an irresistible urge towards Muratie - the melancholy, the sweet passing of the season, resides in the firms name. Everything is organic here: the cellars, one feels, are an extension of nature; they smell of earth and wood and leaves. And not at all so strange: vat after vat looms up in the cellar's gloom, and at the end of a draughty passage the green of the garden presses against the railings. The cellar smells of nutmeg, in one spot it smells just like nutmeg.”

Hennie Aucamp, Author

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