Thokozani - Shiraz/Mourvedre/Viognier, Wellington - 2019 (750ml)

Wine Composition

80% Shiraz, 19% Mourvedre & 1% Viognier

Winemakers Comments

Smokey bacon, butterscotch, vanilla and sweet black fruit with spice followed onto the palate a savoury mix of fruit and mocha with silky tannins to finish.

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

14%

TA

4.9 g/l

pH

3.7

RS

4.0 g/l

Vinification

The grapes were harvested in three separate batches and fermented individually. Pre-fermentation cold soaking was given for 1 days before inoculation with yeast. Mourvedré was pumped over every 3-5 hours in a closed fermenter. The Shiraz was fermented in a closed fermenter and given combined pumping over 3-5 hours with alternative aerated pump overs. The wine was racked after alcoholic fermentation and malolactic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks. The Mourvedre was racked to barrel after malolactic fermentation in new french oak barrels and the Shiraz into tanks fitted with 100% new American oak staves. The Viognier component is from a small batch of natural sweet Viognier, adding fuller mouth feel and fruit to the wine.

Winemaker

Name - Francois Roode

Winery

Thokozani wines, launched in 2003, are made by the Diemersfontein team which reduces overheads and risk for the black economic empowerment venture. 
The Thokozani Wine is doing well and represented in the US, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic , South Africa and Botswana. But why create a new brand from scratch? Why not let workers share in Diemersfontein's existing success? "It's about separating ownership of a brand," explains David Sonnenberg. "If people feel that they have a major proportion of a small brand it has more meaning than having a smaller part of someone else's brand."