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BELLEVUE SHIRAZ 2015 VITICULTURIST DIRKIE MORKEL WINEMAKER WILHELM KRITZINGER ORIGIN BOTTELARY, STELLENBOSCH CLIMATE A MILD SUMMER WITH COOL NIGHT TEMPERATURES WAS FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTENSE FRUIT FLAVOURS. SOIL GLENROSA TRELLISING TRELLISED AGE OF VINES 22 YEARS OLD YIELD 5 TONS PER HECTARE VINIFICATION THE GRAPES WERE HARVESTED AT 25.5 °B, THE JUICE SPENT 6 HOURS ON THE SKINS BEFORE INOCULATION. FERMENTATION TOOK PLACE AT 26 - 28°C FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS. PUMPED OVER 3 TIMES DAILY DURING ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION. MALOLATIC FERMENTATION WAS COMPLETED IN TANKS. THE WINE MATURED IN FRENCH AND AMERICAN OAK. TASTING NOTES DEEP GARNET COLOUR.VANILLA, WOODSMOKE, PEPPER AND MULBERRIES ON THE NOSE, FOLLOWED BY LAYERS OF COMPLEX FRUIT AND OAK FLAVOURS ON THE PALATE. THE WINE HAS AN AGEING POTENTIAL OF 3 YEARS. ANALYSIS ALC: 14.1 PH: 3.48 RS: 2.2 TA: 6.2
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Page 1: BELLEVUE SHIRAZ 2015 - Home - BELLEVUE WINE …bellevue.co.za/.../uploads/2016/10/BELLEVUE-SHIRAZ-2015.pdfBELLEVUE SHIRAZ 2015 VITICULTURIST DIRKIE MORKEL WINEMAKER WILHELM KRITZINGER

BELLEVUE SHIRAZ 2015

VITICULTURIST DIRKIE MORKEL WINEMAKER WILHELM KRITZINGER ORIGIN BOTTELARY, STELLENBOSCH CLIMATE A MILD SUMMER WITH COOL NIGHT TEMPERATURES WAS

FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTENSE FRUIT FLAVOURS.

SOIL GLENROSA TRELLISING TRELLISED AGE OF VINES 22 YEARS OLD YIELD 5 TONS PER HECTARE VINIFICATION THE GRAPES WERE HARVESTED AT 25.5 °B, THE JUICE SPENT 6

HOURS ON THE SKINS BEFORE INOCULATION. FERMENTATION TOOK PLACE AT 26 - 28°C FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS. PUMPED OVER 3 TIMES DAILY DURING ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION. MALOLATIC FERMENTATION WAS COMPLETED IN TANKS. THE WINE MATURED IN FRENCH AND AMERICAN OAK.

TASTING NOTES DEEP GARNET COLOUR.VANILLA, WOODSMOKE, PEPPER AND

MULBERRIES ON THE NOSE, FOLLOWED BY LAYERS OF COMPLEX FRUIT AND OAK FLAVOURS ON THE PALATE. THE WINE HAS AN AGEING POTENTIAL OF 3 YEARS.

ANALYSIS ALC: 14.1 PH: 3.48 RS: 2.2 TA: 6.2