Lyngrove Reserve Shiraz Pinotage 2018

Tasting Notes
Analysis & Info

Vibrant cherry notes and ripe plum on the nose. Medium bodied wine with clove and cinnamon spice on palate. Fruit is balanced by toasty character derived from oak maturation. Clean textured and velvety finish.

Technical Analysis
alc	14.9
rs	2.8
pH	3.6
ta	5.8
Wine Information
Winemaker	Danie van Tonder
Variety	Shiraz
BlendPercent	76% Shiraz, 24% Pinotage
FoodSuggest	Serve this wine at 12-15°. Delicious with marinated beef fillet skewers with onion, bell pepper, tomato and mushroom served on saffron rice.
Cellar	Berries were crushed and cold-soaked for about 48hrs, and then inoculated with selected yeast to bring out the best of each varietal. The Pinotage harvest started late Feb and the Shiraz mid-March. Fermented in stainless steel tanks with delistage (aeration) every 4 hours to extract flavour and colour from must. Fermentation takes about 5 days at temperatures between 24-28°C. The wine was matured in older barrels for 14 months in a combination of 300liter French and American Oak.
Harvest	Another dry growing season with similar amounts of rain than previous. Mild weather from mid-October through to end January got things off at a steady pace. A couple of cool evenings during flowering resulted in less bunches/crop and unevenness at harvest. Early during harvest a 70mm thunder storm slowed things down for 10days without too big an effect on quality. Harvest was completed by end March with a 5% overall decrease in yield from previous year.
Vineyard	Vines are drip-irrigated to ensure optimal ripening and trained on the 5-wire Perold trellis system. Planted in soils consisting of weathered granite on clay, the vines are situated on south facing slopes. The nearby Atlantic Ocean (False Bay) has an additional cooling effect on the vineyards during the ripening season.
Style
body	Full
style	Dry
taste	Fruity
type	Red
Type
Kosher	0
Organic	0
Vegetarian	0
Wooded	1
Pack
Closure	Cork
Pack Size	750ml
Pack Type	Bottle