Company Name:GOLDEN KAAN - South Africa

Vintage2004 

Format750 ml

ColorRed 

CategoryStill Wine 

Country/RegionSouth Africa, Coastal Region

ClassificationA.O.R. 

Alcohol Percentage13.5 %

Sugar Rate0-5 g/l 

Contest(s)

International Wine Challenge:
(2005)Merit

The International Wine and Spirits Competition:
(2004)Bronze Medal

Vinitaly:
(2006)Gran Menzione

General

Tasting Notes:Dark, ripe and intense with a firm tannic backbone and plenty of black-berry, plum and spicy currant flavours, picking up cedary spice, oak and tobacco notes. Complex and concentrated, but still a bit reined-in. Best from 2004 through to 2008.

Packing and Packaging

Bottle Size:330mm height, 78 mm diameter

Case Weight:9,30 kg

Case Size:38 cm height, 24 cm width, 16,2 cm depth

Number of Rows:4 rows

Number of Cases per Row:24 cases

Number of Cases per Palette:96 cases

Palette Weight:892,8 kg

Minimum Purchase Quantity:1 pallet

Vineyard

% of Grape / Cépage:100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Soil:Deep red, hutton and clovelly soils

Growing Climate / Vintage Conditions:Mediterranean - The summers are moderate and dry with cold, wet winters, The annual rainfall is approximately 600 - 800 mm

Vinification (Wine-making)

Method:Specially selected grapes were harvested at full ripeness of 24.5 °B. The must was inoculated with a pure yeast strain and fermented dry on the skins at a temperature of 28 - 32 °C. It was matured in new 300l oak barrels for 26 months before being blended and bottled

Chemical-Laboratory analysis

PH:3,41

Extract:32,3

Total Acidity:5,6 g/l

Volatile Acidity:0,77 g/l

Total SO2:58 mg/l

Free SO2:146 mg/l