Wine Composition
100% Shiraz
Winemakers Comments
Dark ruby red color. Aromas of ripe plum, violet, and cinnamon on the nose. The palate is rich and full-bodied with firm structure and complex flavors of fruit and spice.
Previous Awards
Tim Atkin | 91 points (2014)
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
13.79%
TA
5.9 g/l
pH
3.55
RS
3.3 g/l
Cellar Techniques
Grapes were harvested fully ripe at 25° balling. The fruit was brought to the cellar in small lug boxes, destalked and hand sorted over a sorting table. All raisins, under ripe berries and stalks were removed. The sorted berries were sent straight to open French oak fermenters (foudres). Manual punch downs (pigeage) were performed three times daily. Post fermentation maceration lasted for two days. Wine was basket pressed, and malolactic fermentation was completed in French oak of which 30% was new oak and
Winemaker
Name: Anthony de Jager
Winery
Having been founded at the Cape in 1693, the Fairview winery with an area of 300 hectares of land at the foothills of the Paarl Mountains was one of the very first wineries to be established. Since 1937, it has been owned by the Back family and is currently being run by the third generation - and quite successfully, to say the least. Experimenting with lesser-known grape varieties allows for innovative creations that are closely linked with tradition. Environmental protection and sustainability are crucial factors when it comes to the production of fruit-dominated wines.
Over the past twenty years, Fairview has developed a respected and awarded cheese business, initially focused on goats' milk production but today producing an extensive range of Jersey cows' milk products too.
The cellar door experience is focused on a real Winelands experience, with a simple offering of wine and cheese tasting, cellar door sales, and a farm eatery. The difference at Fairview is the attitude of the people who work here, making it one of the most visited farms in the Winelands.
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