
Thelema Merlot 2011
A wonderfully balanced, juicy, up-front red with smoky fruit flavours, and surprisingly firm tannins.
Maturation
WIll develop well for 6 years from vintage date.
Food Pairing
Mushroom risotto, rich pastas and grilled meats.
Winemaker's Comments
Juicy, upfront red fruit and concentrated flavours with just the right amount of tannin. Hints of dark chocolate on the finish complete this wonderfully balanced wine.
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Tasting Notes
Viticultural Practices
Varietal | Merlot – clone 192 and 348A |
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Root stock | R99/110 |
Soil type | Hutton – decomposed granite |
Age of vines | Planted 1988 and 2000 |
Plant density | 2460 – 3200 vines per hectare |
Trellising | Vertical hedge |
Pruning | 2-bud spurs every 12cm |
Yield | Approximately 10.8 t/ha |
Irrigation | Supplementary drip |
Vintage | Warm and windy vintage the driest season in some years with different varietals ripening at the same time making it a tough harvest for the winery crew |
Picking date | 22nd & 23rd February |
Grape sugar | 24.7 °B |
Acidity | 5.2 g/l |
pH at harvest | 3.5 |
Winemaking Practices
Yeasts | Natural occurring yeasts |
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Fermentation temp | 27 °C |
Method | De-stalked, hand sorted, crushed, pumped into stainless steel fermenters, cold soak for 2 days, pumped over twice a day for 5 days, generally with an aerated pump over in the morning and a closed circulation in the afternoon. After fermentation the wine is left on the skins for two days before pressing and then racked to barrel for malo-lactic fermentation. |
Wood maturation | 18 months in French oak barrels, 30% new, balance in older barrels. |
Wine Details
Residual Sugar | 2.1 g/l |
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pH | 3.62 |
Total acid | 5.0 g/l |
Alcohol | 14.89% by volume |
Maturation | 2014 – 2020 |
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