Description
CAPE VINTAGE RESERVE
The wine is densely packed with blueberry fruit and Christmas cake aromas that jump out of the glass at you. The residual sugar is well balanced and compliments the use of the usual Touriga Nacional grape.
VINTAGE: 2016
ORIGIN: Robertson
VARIETY: 100% Touriga Nacional
SOIL TYPE: Red Scale Soil
VINIFICATION
Harvest at 28° Balling, the grapes were fermented until alcohol was added to stop the fermentation process. It was kept on the lees for a while and racked from the lees directly to the barrels without any filtration
MATURATION: 51 months in Old French Oak Barrels
ANALYSIS
Alc: 20.0%
R.S: 95.5 g/l
pH: 3.49
TA: 6.0 g/l
FOOD SUGGESTIONS: Enjoy with a fine selection of South African cheeses