Delheim - Shiraz, Stellenbosch - 2017 (750ml)

Wine Composition

100% Shiraz

Winemakers Comments

Dark red in colour with a purple undertone indicates the youthfulness of the wine in the glass. Spicy notes with hints of blueberry, dark chocolate are detected on the nose. The wine is medium bodied with great depth of fruit avours on the mid-palate, supported by a  firm tannin structure. This wine will pair well with most dishes.

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

14.0 % 

TA

5 g/l 

pH

3.42 

RS

2 g/l 

Vinification

Grapes were de-stemmed and crushed, whereafter it was fermented in stainless steel tanks by a selected yeast strain. This was the rst year that we included whole clusters in the

fermentation vessel. This technique enables partial carbonic maceration some technique widely used in the production of fruit-driven wines. Pump-overs were done three times per day every ve hours. The wine spent 12 months as individual lots in different size barrels or vats ranging from 225L, 500L, and 8400L. Only 15% of new oak was used the rest was third and fourth fill barrels.

Winemaker 

Name - Altus Treurnicht

Winery 

Delheim Wine Estate is situated in the Simonsberg Ward of Stellenbosch in South Africa, with views that are breathtaking all year round.
Over the years, Delheim became a microcosm of Spatz's visionary work in the greater Stellenbosch community and the Cape winelands as a whole.
The indomitable Spatz was the unwitting pioneer of public wine tasting events personally hosted by winemakers outside the winelands. In 1962 he embarked upon his first 'tasting tour', ferrying himself and his wines by car, train and plane to East London, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, the first producer to do so.
The ultimate wine industry recognition of Michael 'Spatz' Sperling's extraordinary contribution to Cape wine came in 2009, the year in which the industry celebrated 350 years of winemaking. He was one the pioneers honoured with the 350 Celebration Scroll.

Conservation : By sharing the land amongst all the stakeholders and training people to understand and appreciate - as well as work on - the land, Delheim is fostering a system that yields a livelihood for everyone; one that will continue to do so for future generations. With 375 hectares of land situated in the beautiful Simonsberg Ward of Stellenbosch, Delheim is a keen exponent of the wine industry’s movement to conserve the region.