My Best Friend Shiraz Dry Rosé 2018
Zandvliet’s credo has long been “the winelovers’ friend for many years” and this My Best Friend range reflects the pure enjoyment that goes into the making and sharing of a fine wine. Conceptualised and specially blended for those who enjoy juicy, easy-drinking wine at fair value – the My Best Friend range have been designed to be immensely quaffable, for their – and your – everyday drinking pleasure.
Winemaker’s Notes
| Colour | Light violet pink. |
| Nose | This wine delivers flavours of rose petals, strawberries, redcurrants and raspberries. |
| Palate | These flavours flow through onto a supple palate that finishes with a refreshing crispness. |
| Ageing potential | Drink now to end 2020 |
| Appreciation | Make sure it’s well chilled. |
| Food pairing | This versatile wine can be enjoyed with summer picnics, excellent with sesame seed chicken salad, sushi and seared tuna. |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Blend | 100% Shiraz |
| Origin | Wine of Origin Robertson Zandvliet Estate, established 1867 / 50ha |
| Analysis | Alc / Vol: 10,5% Acidity: 5,7 g/L pH: 3,36 Residual sugar: 6,5 g/L |
| Maturation | Unoaked |
| Terroir | Slope: Very gently, southerly Soil: Rocky, chalk-rich Climate: Moderate summer, with low night temperatures, cold winter Wind: Cool south easterly (summer) |
| Yield | 10-12 ton/ha |
| Oenology | Fruit from young vines exclusively, destalked, crushed, cooled to 5°C, in static de-juicer overnight. Juice drained, settled and fermented at 15°C |
| The Team | Winemaker: Jacques Cilliers (2012) Randall Fortuin Teodore Berens Willem Koopman |
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