Reasons to choose this:
This is a medium bodied wine with well-integrated wood and notes of mulberries and plums.
Food suggestions:
Excellent served with meat dishes or a platter of cold meats and pickled vegetables
Welmoed Merlot 2015 (6/case) (R54/BOTTLE)
The palate shows ripe berry fruit, with a hint of mint and a spicy edge. Nose reminiscent of mulberries, cassis and plums with underlying nuances of wood and vanilla. Medium to full bodied wine with well-integrated wood, balanced ripe fruit mid-palate, and a persistent, yet soft, tannin finish.
VITICULTURE AND VINIFICATION NOTES
Selection of vineyard blocks in the Stellenbosch region takes place prior to the harvest season. Mediterranean climate and weathered granite soil type. Vines are trellissed on a 5-wire hedge system. Harvested at optimum ripeness at the end of February, early March and picked at 23 – 25ºB. Fermentation takes place in static red fermenters. Cold soaking for 2 days prior to primary fermentation on the skins to lengthen the contact time between juice and skins for more intense extracts.Fermented until dry on its skins at 24 - 27ºC, followed by malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Extraction of colour and aroma components by means of pumpovers and delastage. Maturation in stainless steel tank with 2g/l of selected medium toast French oak staves for approximately 8 months.
MATURATION POTENTIAL
Very drinkable now but will age well for 3 years.
SUITABILITY FOR VEGETARIANS OR VEGANS
Suitable for vegetarians but not for vegans.
FOOD SUGGESTION
Serve this wine with a variety of meat dishes, or a platter of cold meats such as ham, salami, spiced beef, silverside and picked vegetables.
Alcohol Vol :13.40%
pH :3.4
Sugar :3.28 g/ℓ
Acidity :5.59 g/ℓ