Company Name:Bon Courage

Vintage2006 

Format750 ml

ColorRed 

CategoryStill Wine 

Country/RegionSouth Africa, Robertson

ClassificationOthers 

Alcohol Percentage13.5 %

Reference Price4.17 EUR

Sugar Rate0-5 g/l 

General

Tasting Notes:RED AND BLACK BERRY NOSE WITH PEPPER AND SPICE. WELL-ROUNDED MOUTH WITH HINTS OF SMOKY, TOASTY OAK AND VANILLA. DISTINCTLY NEW WORLD WITH FRESH FRUIT ON THE NOSE AND IN THE MOUTH. LIVELY, SUPPLE TANNINS IN FIRM FINISH.

Packing and Packaging

Empty Bottle Weight:570 G

Bottle Size:750 ML

Case Weight:8.5 KGS

Case Size:236X157X307

Number of Rows:6

Number of Cases per Row:24

Number of Cases per Palette:144

Palette Weight:23

Palette Volume:1200X800X140

Vineyard

% of Grape / Cépage:60 % CABERNET SAUVIGNON 40 % SHIRAZ

Soil:RED ALLUVIAL SOIL

Date of Harvest:EARLY MARCH 2006

Type of Harvest:MACHINE HARVESTING

Vinification (Wine-making)

Method:THE SHIRAZ FERMENTATION TOOK PLACE FOR 8-10 DAYS ON THE SKINS. COLD MACERATION WAS DONE ON THE GRAPES. THE GRAPES WERE COLD SOAKED FOR 2 DAYS, AFTER WHICH THE YEAST WAS INDUCED. CABERNET SAUVIGNON JUICE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE SKINS AND LEFT TO FERMENT DRY IN STAINLESS STEEL TANKS FOR 3 DAYS. THE WINE WAS MATURED IN FRENCH OAK BARRELS FOR 12 - 15 MONTHS.

Barrel

Age of Barrel:SECOND FILL

Type of Wood:FRENCH

Level of Toast:MEDIUM TIGHT

Aging Time:12 - 15 MONTHS

Bottle

Date of Bottling:20071031

Aging Potential:8 YEARS

Cork Size:49X24MM

Cork Material:CORK

Bottle Type:CLARET DARK GREEN

Chemical-Laboratory analysis

PH:3.70

Total Acidity:5.5

Volatile Acidity:0.46

Total SO2:116

Free SO2:25