Company Name:Bon Courage

Vintage2005 

Format750 ml

ColorRed 

CategoryStill Wine 

Country/RegionSouth Africa, Robertson

ClassificationOthers 

Alcohol Percentage13.5 %

Reference Price4.42 EUR

Sugar Rate0-5 g/l 

General

Tasting Notes:RIPE PLUM, STRAWBERRY, BLACK CHERRIES MINGLE WITH VANILLA AND PEPPERY SPICE ON THE NOSE. FULL ROUNDED MOUTH WITH CLEAN, TOASTY OAK BACKING. ROUNDED MOUTH MOVES INTO SUPPLE TANNIN FINISH. LONG AFTERTASTE SUGGESTS GOOD DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL YET ALREADY VERY ACCESSIBLE.

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:100% CABERNET SAUVIGNON

Soil:RED GRAVEL SOIL WITH PATCHES FO LIME IN BETWEEN.

Date of Harvest:EARLY MARCH 2005

Type of Harvest:MACHINE HARVESTING

Vinification (Wine-making)

Method:THE WHOLE BERRIES WERE FERMENTED AND COLD SOAKED. HALFWAY THROUGH FERMENTATION PART OF THE WINE WAS PUMPED INTO FRENCH OAK BARRELS TO FERMENT DRY. THE REST WAS LEFT TO FERMENT DRY ON THE SKIN. AFTER THE WINE HAD COMPLETED MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION, IT WAS RACKED INTO FRENCH OAK BARRELS. IT WAS THEN BARREL FERMENTED FOR 14 MONTHS. THE WINE WAS THEN FILTERED AND BOTTLED.

Barrel

Age of Barrel:FIRST FILL

Type of Wood:FRENCH

Level of Toast:MEDIUM TIGHT

Aging Time:14 MONTHS

Bottle

Date of Bottling:20070601

Aging Potential:8 YEARS

Cork Size:49X24MM

Cork Material:CORK

Bottle Type:CLARET DARK GREEN

Chemical-Laboratory analysis

PH:3.87

Total Acidity:5.5

Volatile Acidity:0.79

Total SO2:132

Free SO2:44