wine--Stellar Organics No-Sulphur Added Merlot 2007,South Africa price supplier

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Analysis
Alcohol 13.33 vol% Total Acid 5.9 g/l
Sugar 2.1 g/l pH 3.51

Tasting Notes

Once again merlot in our area has not disappointed. The vines give fruit with excellent colour and taste. Grapes come from all our farms around the Olifants river. As with the Cabernet, the crushed grapes are given at least two days cold-soak, before the fermentation is started. Fermentation temperatures are kept below 250C. The wine is fermented with a small amount of French and American oak chips to stabilise colour and act as an anti-oxidant as this keeps the yeast unstressed. Wine is pressed off before going dry and press juice is kept separate. After pressing, wines are racked to introduce oxygen, stabilise the colour and remove gross lees.

This Merlot exhibits typical cultivar style without the green herbaceous streak evident in so many Merlots. Careful handling, tannin management and lots of inert gas have helped us to make this wine without adding sulphur dioxide.

Analysis

Alcohol 13.33 vol% Total Acid 5.9 g/l

Sugar 2.1 g/l pH 3.51

Product Type: Wine Taste: Dry Grape Type: Cabernet