2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, Stellenbosch, Thelema
(6x75cl)
| Product Code: | 27266106 |
| Description: | 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, Stellenbosch, Thelema |
| Case Size: | 6x75cl |
| Producer: | Thelema Mountain Vineyards |
| Region: | Stellenbosch |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Alc. By Vol.: | 13.5 |
Other Vintages
| 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, Stellenbosch, Thelema |
Grape Varieties
| 100% | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Ageing Potential:
Drink on release until 2012.
Food Matching Note:
The intense berry fruit in this wine make it an excellent partner to dishes like roast turkey or try with a fine piece of British beef.
Tasting Note:
This wine has a complex nose of mint, blackcurrant and chocolate and the palate is juicy and ripe. There is a good layer of toasty oak in the background to complement the black cherry and cassis fruit flavours and grippy mid-palate tannin. Very long, clean and elegant on the finish.
Vinification Note:
Sourced from selected parcels planted between 1998 and 1999 in Hutton soils (decomposed granite) at a density of 3200 vines per ha. Vineyard practices include vertical hedge trellising, pruning to 2 bud spurs every 15cm and supplementary drip irrigation. Harvest was carried out by hand from 11th March to 1st April and the yield was 6t/ha. The bunches were de-stalked and the berries hand sorted before crushing and fermenting in stainless steel tanks. Pump overs were performed for 6 days before a further maceration of 5 days. After pressing, the wine was then racked to 50% new French oak barrels for malo-lactic fermentation and 20 months ageing.
Detailed Vinification Note:
Cabernet clones: 163 & 46
Root stocks: 101-14, R110 & R99
Grape sugar: 24 degrees Balling
Grape acidity: 5.5 g/l
Grape pH: 3,5
Yeasts: Bordeaux red
Residual Sugar: 1,4 g/l
Wine pH: 3,58
Wine acidity: 5.7g/l
Alcohol: 13.58%