Guinea Fowl Red

SAXENBURG GUINEA FOWL 2010

Winemaker’s comments
This blend is ready to enjoy now, but will mature into a more complex wine. The natural balance of it will compliment game, red meat or full flavoured meat dishes as well as pasta and pizza. An ideal wine for better casual meals and occasions.

Vinification Details
Selected full ripe grapes fermented with yeast but no sulphur in open tanks at 29°C. Plunging and pumping over four times daily and skin contact after fermentation of two weeks was allowed. Malolactic fermentation finished with natural bacteria in the tank.

Type & Size of Oak Barrels This blend matured for 12 months in 2nd and 3rd fill French and American oak barrels. When Bottled  Beginning of October 2011 with only a course filtration prior to bottling. Maturation Potential up to 5 years. Wine analysis Alc.: 13.5% T.A.: 6.0g/l p.H.: 3.7 R.S.: 2.9g/l Blend Merlot – 51% Cabernet Sauvignon – 38% Shiraz – 11% Case bar code: 6002461000845 Bottle bar code: 6002461000302

Position in Vineyards Every cultivar grows on the correct position and soil conditions for optimum quality. Average Age of Vines  12-16years. Viticulture Practice Trellised, summer pruning for lower yields and drip irrigation only to support quality. Yield per Hectare 3 - 5 tons. Time of Harvest Every cultivar on its own between middle of Feb. till end of March 2010.