‘Biography’ Shiraz
This rich and deep-coloured Shiraz reveals a lot of white pepper, cooked tomatoes and coriander seeds. There`s even a surprising note of maple syrup and a hint of papaya. The palate has great structure and approachable tannins.
3,594 Ft 750 ml
Out of stock
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
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| Colour | red |
| Style | |
| Évjárat |
| Region | Overberg, South Africa |
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| Grape Varieties | 100% Shiraz |
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| Alcohol Percentage | 14 % |
| Ph | 3.61 |
| Acidity | 5.5 g/L |
| Serve temperature | 16-18 °C |
| Litre Price (HUF) | HUF 7987 / Litre |
In the Cellar
All grapes were hand picked and sorted twice before a pure yeast culture was inoculated. The juice was pumped over the skins 3-5 times per day for 5 days. Once fermentation was complete, the wine was drained of the primary lees and transferred to a resting tank. Malolactic fermentation and a brief settling period preceded the wine to a combination of 225 litre barrels of French and American oak types.
About the winery: Raka
Raka Winery was named after the beloved fishing boat of Piet Dreyer, proprietor of Raka wines. Raka stems from the Afrikaans poem by N.P. van Wyk Louw, about an African tribe being threatened by Raka, half man half beast and as black as the night. Piet took this name as his brand when he ventured, with equal passion, into winemaking - hence the slogan: born of the sea, guided by the stars, blessed by the earth.
The Overberg Region
The main viticultural areas in these cool southerly climes are the districts of Elgin, Overberg, Walker Bay and Cape Agulhas, which encompass exciting newer wards such as Elim, Klein River and Malgas. The high-lying cool-climate Elgin district lies cradled in an inland plateau, situated at an altitude of 200—1 000 m and surrounded by the ancient sandstone Hottentots Holland mountains, where medium-structured, often ferruginous soils developed from Devonian Bokkeveld shale parent material. Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Shiraz do particularly well in this late ripening zone. Longer ripening produces grapes that hold a broad spectrum of flavours which results in wines of character showing exceptional purity and density of fruit, complexity and elegance.
