Saxenburg Wines - South Africa's finest wine producer

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
During January 2006 with only a course filtration prior to bottling.

Maturation Potential
up to 5 years.

Wine analysis
Alc.: 14.5%
T.A.: 5.8g/l
p.H.: 3.8
R.S.: 2.0g/l

Blend
Merlot – 38%
Cabernet Sauvignon – 32%
Shiraz – 30%

Position in Vineyards
Every cultivar grows on the correct position and soil conditions for optimum quality.

Average Age of Vines
6 to 10 years.

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 2004.



	• Saxenburg Guinea Fowl 2004 • Saxenburg Guinea Fowl 2007 • Saxenburg Guinea Fowl Rose 2007



	• Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 • Shiraz 2004 • Merlot 2005 • Pinotage 2004 • Chardonnay 2006 • Sauvignon Blanc 2006 • Le Phantom Cap Classique • Le Rêve • Magnum Shiraz 2003 • Magnum Merlot 2003 • Magnum Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 • Magnum Pinotage 2003



	• Grand Vin Blanc • Grand VinRouge



	• Saxenburg Shiraz 2003 • Magnum Shiraz Select 2002