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Beschreibung
Rotwein Luddite Wines Shiraz Südafrika 15 Vol.%
Der südafrikanische Rotwein Luddite aus 100% Shiraz-Weintrauben kommt aus den eigenen Weinrebenlagen in "Botriver" im südafrikanischen Weinanbaugebiet Overberg.
Die Trauben wurden von Mitte Februar bis Ende März 2013 von Hand gelesen; Vergärung in Edelstahltanks, der Tresterhut wird dabei im 4 Stunden Takt überpumpt. Die malolaktische Gärung (2. Gärung mit biologischem Säureabbau) fand teilweise noch im Edelstahltank statt, der Ausbau des südafrikanischen Rotweins Luddite Shiraz erfolgte für total 24 Monate in 95% französischen und 5% ungarischen Eichen Weinfässern, wovon 30% der Barriques neu waren.
Nach einem Jahr Reife im Weinkeller von Luddite wird der Shiraz-Rotwein mit den verschieden Weinfässern geblendet und leicht filtriert in Weinflaschen abgefüllt.
Weinproduktion des südafrikanischen 2013er Luddite Shiraz: ca. 14`000 Weinflaschen 75cl.
Dieser südafrikanische Rotwein Luddite Shiraz zeigt dichtes Purpurrot. Komplexes Bukett von dunkeln Sommerfrüchten, Muskatnuss, Zimt, Kokosnuss und Röstaromen. Am Gaumen zeigen sich zu Beginn Aromen von Pflaumen und Gewürzen, gefolgt von reichhaltiger Fruchtsüsse. Der Rotwein Luddite Shiraz wird von feinen Tanninen und gut ausbalancierten Holzaromen gestützt.
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OWNERS & WINEMAKERS COMMENTS Niels & Penny Verburg:
Some people describe Luddite Shiraz as Niels Verburg contained in a glass; Niels is six foot four and his smile is the embodiment of a warm embrace. As a young winemaker traveling the world, Niels confirmed his love for Shiraz when working a harvest in Australia, but it was a winery in Chile that inspired his wine-making method. “It was as if I’d gone back 20 years; it was ramshackle and chaotic, but they had great fruit and passion and I’d never seen that quality of wine”, he explains.
“The nitty gritty of good winemaking is to have good grapes, good yeast and good barrels,” says Niels. “Being hi-tech and cutting edge isn’t important to me. When you go into a winery and see the centrifuges and reverse osmosis, it’s like going into the kitchen of a top restaurant and seeing a microwave, you think “Hey, that’s not right!” Luddite Shiraz 2000 was the Luddite’s first vintage. “There’s been an improvement every year,” says Niels. “The ultimate goal would be a perfect wine, but of course that doesn’t exist.”
For this Luddite Shiraz vintage all the grapes were sourced from the Bot River Valley. Weather wise it was up and down promising to be a very cool vintage but ultimately ending quite hot. We picked over a full month which had never happened before. This produced a wine that was bold but had the resultant spice of a cooler vintage. It was also the first time we had a proper crop from our young block.
We fermented all these different clones in small batch open fermenters. The old lock was fermented in stainless steel tanks with regular pump-overs. Fermentation temperatures were higher than normal due to a non-existent cooling plant (28°C). No skin contact was given after ferment and the wines were pressed into tank to undergo malolactic fermentation. After malolactic fermentation Batches of wine showing promise were blended together and pumped into barrel. 30% new oak was used of which 95% of the barrels were French Oak and 5% Hungarian Oak. The rest being 2nd, 3rd and 4th fill. Our Luddite Shiraz wine remained in barrels for 24 months after which we blended all the different Batches together to create the best possible wine which was then bottled.
Appearance:
This Luddite Shiraz shows dark red and garnet hues.
Nose:
Luddite Shiraz shows spice driven red fruit with hints of liquorice, cinnamon and toasty wood.
Palate:
Brooding dark fruit and spice. The Luddite Shiraz is rich, natural, sweet fruit core. Lingering finish of savoury spice and balanced tannin.
Rotwein Luddite Wines Shiraz Weine Overberg Bot River Südafrika Rotweine
www.luddite.co.za
Medienbewertung
Südafrikanischer Rotwein Luddite Wines Shiraz
- 4,5***** Sterne John Platter Wine Guide Südafrika
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