Petit Verdot 2019

R1080,00
Price per case (6 bottles)

An elegant wine with lovely fruit on the nose with some spiciness. The fruit and spiciness follow onto the palate with hints of pepper and liquorice. A smooth and full-bodied wine, well balanced and integrated, with lingering notes of spiciness.

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Description

Product

PETIT VERDOT

Vintage

2019

Vineyard

Lanrust Block A13

Soil

Oakley

Vineyard Description

Grapes are grown on the north-east slopes facing the Helderberg and benefiting from the cool sea breezes.
Date harvested

21 March 2019

Date bottled

3 May 2021

Date released

18 November 2022

No bottles produced

272 bottles

Wine maker

Schalk van der Westhuizen, Lanrust, Helderberg

Vinification

24 months in French oak, 4th fill barrels.

Yeast used

Anchor NT 202: High alcohol tolerance, good fructose utilization, suitable for vinification of high sugar musts.

Storage

This wine can be stored up to eight or nine years.

Nose

Lovely fruit and spiciness

Palate

Wonderful dark fruit with lovely hints of pepper and liquorice.

Body

Full bodied and balanced

Finish

Smooth and elegant

Alcohol

14.89 %

Residual Sugar

1.7 gm/l

Total Acidity

5.3 g/l

PH

3.79

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