Cronier: Reserve Le Mieux Red Wine 750ml | 14.5% Alcohol Volume | 勒米约珍藏干红葡萄酒
VITICULTURE:
The grapes for this wine come from the Paardeberg Region. The soil are well drained and typified as Swartland/Glenrosa soil types.
WINEMAKING:
The grapes are harvested at optimum ripeness to ensure good fruit, dark ruby red color and good structure. The grapes are destemmed and crushed and after directly pumped into fermentation tanks. Cold maceration is applied for two days before fermentation and extract as much color as possible. After fermentation is started, the wine on the skins is left to ferment at temperature 23-26 degree Celsius. During fermentation the skins and the must is continuously mixed for optimum flavor and color extraction as well as even fermentation.
The wine was matured for 24 months in new first fill French Oak barrels and another 3 months in second fill French Oak barrels.
Tasting:
This unique blend of noble cultivars is deep in ruby color with a lovely concentration of blackberry, plum and red currant fruits on the nose. The palate is rich in ripe berries with hints of mocha and chocolate. The tannins are firm yet accessible.