Beaumont Mourvèdre 2018

Description

Beaumont wines was the first winery in South Africa to bottle a single varietal Mourvèdre. Originally it comes from Spain and France where it is mostly used to enhance blends. Mourvédre's dark, thick-skinned berries result in powerful spicy and sometimes gamey aromas in their youth. This unique wine was made from a small parcel of Mourvèdre with a low crop yield of 4 tons/ha. Grapes were harvested at full ripeness, cold soaked, fermented in concrete tanks and allowed a post maceration of 3 weeks, where after it was pressed directly into 100% French oak barrels. After the grapes were cold soaked for 2 days and till natural fermentation started. A warm ferment of 28 – 30°C was allowed with 2 hourly punch downs in an open vat. Six days of fermentation with three weeks post maceration. Pressed directly into barrel.