Saxenburg Wines - South Africa's finest wine producer

Winemaker’s comments
A rich wine with figgy, flowery flavours and tropical fruit. The wine has exceptional balance and has a fresh full-bodied character. With its long fruity finish and elegant structure it is ideal to mature for a number of years.

Vinification Details
Only healthy grapes in cool conditions are harvested, skin contact for 18 hours, pressed, juice settled, clear juice fermented, with three different yeasts and long lees contact for complexity. There was no malolactic fermentation.

Type & Size of Oak Barrels
No wood.

When Bottled
October 2006

Maturation Potential
3 years.

Wine Analyses
Alc: 13.5%
TA: 6.4 g/l
pH: 3.4
R.S.: 5.5 g/l

Position in Vineyards
South sloping.

Type of Soil
Heavy gravel with some clay.

Average Age of Vines
6 - 13 years.

Viticulture Practice
Trellised, drip irrigation no fertilizer, with summer pruning.

Yield per Hectare
5 Tons/ha.

Time of Harvest
February/March 2006.



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



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