Schalkenbosch Wine Estate: Tulbagh

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VINTAGE: 2006 ORIGIN: Western Cape CULTIVAR: 50% SHIRAZ/ 21% MOURVEDRE/ 17% GRENACHE/ 12% VIOGNIER WINEMAKER: Johan Delport ALCOHOL: 15.86% pH: 3.60 SUGAR: 4.7g/l ACIDITY: 5.6g/l WINEMAKER`S DESCRIPTION A full bodied well rounded wine which has a complex nose of vanilla with spicy undertones. Reminiscent of ripe plums it is well balanced with fully intregrated oak [...]

The 2009 harvest is now safely in the tanks after a strange summer, in fact we didn’t have a normal summer, average temperatures were a good 4 to 5 degrees centigrade cooler. This resulted in a longer ripening period which should be good for this year’s wines and all the early signs indicate this will be so.