Wine Composition
100% Shiraz
Winemakers Comments
Remarkably youthful with purple-tinged color, a classic Rhone-style wine boasting aromas of black fruits, cloves, and spice interlaced with black olives, scrub, and cracked pepper. The pallet is elegant and portrays nuances of dark fruits and a new polished tannin profile.
Award
London Wine Competition 2019 | Gold
John Platter | 93 points
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
15%
TA
5.72 g/l
pH
3.51
RS
3.61 g/l
Cellar Techniques
Harvested in the cool of the morning, the grapes were carefully selected in the vineyard before a gentle crushing in the cellar. A co-fermentation of commercial yeasts, resulted in a complex aroma and flavour profile. Fermentation occurred in Stainless Steel with both delestages being employed at regular intervals, temperature was maintained at 26 degrees. Maturation in barrel was employed for 24 months in 25% new oak barriques, with the balance being 2nd and 3rd fill. A course filtration was employed prior to bottling.
Winemaker
Name: Dustin Osborne
Winery
Sir Richard Branson’s love for the African continent and finer things in life lured him to the Western Cape Province and Mont Rochelle. His stunning 26-bedroom hotel and vineyard is just under an hour’s drive from Cape Town in the town of Franschhoek in South Africa.
There, in the food and wine capital, guests can unwind and make themselves at home while dining on healthy and locally sourced cuisine, tasting superb shiraz and chardonnay in the 150-year-old cellar, and exploring the rolling vineyards and well-tended grounds in one of the world’s most bucolic settings.
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