Summary
| Producer | Spice Route Winery |
|---|---|
| Grape Variety | Mourvédre |
| Vintage | 2008 |
| Body | Medium |
| Style | Dry, medium bodied |
| Bottle Size | 0.75 l |
| Wine Origin | |
| Origin | Swartland |
| Region | Western Cape |
| Country | South Africa |
Wine Makers Notes
| Winemaker | Charl du Plessis |
|---|---|
| Winemakers Approach | Mourvèdre greatly benefits from being fermented in open concrete fermenters, as there is ample time and opportunity to extract the maximum colour and flavour of the grapes. This makes an expressive and intense wine. |
| The Vintage | Spice Route Mourvèdre is produced in a full flavoured, yet medium bodied style. This variety works well with the terroir of the Swartland and the wine shows lovely white pepper spice and juicy fruit. |
| The Vineyard | These grapes are harvested from an unirrigated vineyard in the Swartland. These bushvines were planted in 2001 on predominantly deap Oakleaf and Koffieklip soils. |
| The Winemaking | Grapes were hand harvested at 26.1°B. They were destalked and lightly crushed into 5 ton open concrete fermenters. Fermentation lasted seven days, after which the wine was pressed off the skins and transferred to barrels for malolactic fermentation. Once this was completed the wine was racked off its lees lightly sulphured and sent to a combination of American and French oak barrels (10% new) for 16 months of maturation. |
| Analysis | |
| Alcohol | 14.5% |
| Residual Sugar | 2.7 g/l |
| Acidity | 5.8 g/l |
| pH | 3.6 |
Wine Makers Notes
| Tasting Notes | |
|---|---|
| Bouquet | Vibrant cherry tempered by wild herb and smoky aromas. |
| Palate | Lingering plum tomato and spice on the palate. A medium bodied wine, showing firm structure balanced by fresh fruit on the finish. |
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