De Trafford

Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot Blend from Stellenbosch, South Africa

R250

Bottle size:

750 ml

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The hallmark of Petit Verdot is a deep colour, intensity and structure. All in abundance with this 2012. Complex dense blackberry and dark fruit flavours with N. Rhone like spice on the nose. A big wine on the palate with lots of intense dark fruit, but reigned in with lovely structure and just a hint of greenness, giving the wine balance and freshness. A unique, intriguing wine of great character.

Blackcurrant

Spices

Cedar Wood

Blackberry

100% destemming and crushing by hand directly into small open top fermentation tanks. Spontaneous natural yeast fermentation at 28ºC with the cap of skins punched down twice a day for 15 days. Wine drained directly to barrels together with single pressing from traditional basket press. All our wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in the barrel. This wine was bottled unfiltered by hand on the property.

Winter 2011 was colder than usual, but with average rainfall resulting in excellent, even bud-break. We had good growth in spring, but poor weather (cold and rain) over the flowering period resulting in uneven flowering and berry set. We paid extra attention to green harvesting to help make up for this. Disease pressure was managed with well-timed sprays and open, small canopies. January was exceptionally hot, which really jolted the vines into ripeness. The ripening period of February and March was much cooler and close to perfect, with not much rain, and we’re extremely satisfied with the 2012 vintage.

De Trafford

A small family winery at the end of the Upper Blaauwklippen Road in the mountains above Stellenbosch South Africa. Established in 1992 by architect David Trafford & artist wife Rita with the focus on high end red wines of great intensity & longevity using minimal intervention production methods.