Reasons to choose this:
Choose this if you love your Shiraz with ripe red fruit flavours and a bit of spice.
Food suggestions:
Excellent served with beef fillet or roasted lamb, green beans and potatoes.
Welmoed Shiraz 2015 (6/case) (R54/BOTTLE)
Deep ruby red colour. A fusion of sweet black berry fruit with spicy undertones. Lovely rich palate with enticing sweet spicy flavour characters complemented well with integrated wood and firm but soft tannins. A well-balanced, medium to full bodied wine.
VITICULTURE AND VINIFICATION NOTES
Premium blocks are selected prior to harvest and managed for quite low yields. All fruit sourced from the Stellenbosch region with its Mediterranean climate and loamy clay soils. Harvested at optimum ripeness from end-February to mid-March. Cold soaking and slow fermentation process leads to good intense extract with excellent flavour profile. Fermentation takes place in static red fermenters at a temperature of 24 -27ºC. Extraction of colour and varietal characters by means of pump overs and delastage. Malolactic fermentation and maturation in stainless steel tank with 2g/l of selected medium toast French oak staves for approximately 8 months.
MATURATION POTENTIAL
Enjoy within the next three years.
SUITABILITY FOR VEGETARIANS OR VEGANS
Suitable for vegetarians but not for vegans.
FOOD SUGGESTION
Serve with beef fillet or roasted lamb, green beans and potatoes.
Alcohol Vol :13.8%
pH :3.53
Sugar :3.3 g/ℓ
Acidity :5.52 g/ℓ