Raka Spliced 2013

Appearance: Beautiful red colour
Nose: A soft, fruity wine with delicate ripe red fruit, berries, prunes and slight oak spices flavours. With the subtle use of oak, this wine has a wonderfully appealing balance between fruit and wood.
Palate is generous and full with lots of fruity tones.

32% Shiraz, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 14% Mourvedre

Boerewors Baebecue Spare ribs Spicy stew Chicken liver parfait Guinea fowl Gourmet burgers Butternut soup.

All grapes were hand picked and sorted in the vineyards.

A second berry sorting was done in the cellar, before a pure yeast culture was inocculated. The juice was pumped over the skins 3-5 times per day and manuel punch downs done for 5 days. Once fermentation was complete, the wine was drained off the primary lees and transferred to a resting tank. Malolactic fermentation and a brief settling period preceded the wine’s transfer to a combination of 225 litre barrels of French oak types. (25% New).