PC
Pippa Carter
DGB
BL
Bianca Lenhardt (attending)
DGB
GA
Garreth Anderson (attending)
Export / Sales Manager, DGB (Pty) Ltd
GG
Greg Guy (attending)
Managing Director, DGB
Description
On the nose expect old spice, cedar and vanilla. Exhibiting a wonderful velvety depth, this is a powerhouse of a wine with flavours of ripe plum, black cherry, mulberry, liquorice and spiced fruit cake. A generous wine that just keeps giving.
Awards
90 pts Decanter Points
Certifications
WIETA
Alcohol
14.0%
Analytical data
dry
13.1 g/l residual sugar
5.8 g/l acidity
3.37 pH
Vineyard
Mediterranean
Grown in weathered granite and Chocolate Cake soils on the slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain.
Vinification
Soft-skinned Shiraz is fermented warm for 5-6 days. It is then pressed to finish fermentation in barrel. Ageing occurs for 12 to 18 months in smallFrench and American oak barrels.
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