Zinfandel - Blaauwklippen Vineyard Selection

This wine entices with dark chocolate and stoved pear aromas against a slightly peppery backdrop.  The palate delivers a medley of intense dried-fruit flavours, for which this cultivar is well known.

PREPARATION OF WINE:
Fermentation - Spontaneous fermentation with natural yeast.
Skin maturation - Ten days after
Maturation - 14 months in 225 litre European oak barrels

VINEYARDS SPECS:
Irrigation - Drip
Slope - South/West
Density - 2.5 x 1.4
Soil - Hutton
Trellising - Tipple Perold

Shelf Life Enjoy immediately or within 5 – 10 years.
Alcohol Volume  14.66 %
Residual Sugar  3.1
Total Acidity      7.2
PH                   3.2