Sutherland Petit Verdot Reserve 2019
An intense melange of white pepper, violets and dark chocolate on the nose that leads to a toasted tobacco and cigar box finish on the palate. A serious wine that would own a place in any cellar.
Food Pairing
A perfect partner to your herb crusted lamb kebab.
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Tasting Notes
Viticultural Practices
| Varietal | Petit Verdot 100% |
|---|---|
| Root stock | Mgt 101-14 |
| Soil type | Tukulu |
| Age of vines | Planted 2005 |
| Plant density | 2353 vines per ha |
| Trellising | 7 wire Perold system, with movable foliage wires. |
| Yield | 10.5 t/ha |
| Irrigation | Supplementary drip |
| Vintage | Cool weather conditions constituted smaller more concentrated berries, leading to wines with great natural acidity and flavour |
| Picking date | 26 February 2019 |
| Grape sugar | 24.9 °B |
| Acidity | 7.36 g/l |
| pH at harvest | 3.4 |
Winemaking Practices
| Yeasts | Alchemy 4 |
|---|---|
| Fermentation temp | 28 °C |
| Method | De-stalked, hand sorting of berries, crushed and pumped into stainless steel tanks, pumped over for 5 days once per day, left for 2 days before pressing. Racked to barrel for malolactic fermentation. Wine spends 18 months in 225l new French oak barrels. |
Wine Details
| Residual sugar | 1.6 g/l |
|---|---|
| pH | 3.46 |
| Total acidity | 6.0 g/l |
| Alcohol | 14.% |
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