Lyra Vega
Full bodied deep red wine with red berries, violets and white pepper aromas on the nose. The pallet shows firm, ripe tannins with a long lingering taste of spice and vanilla. This wine will pair well with roasted lamb, matured cheese and carpaccio.
VARIETY: 66% Shiraz / 34% Petit Verdot
WINERY: Orange River Cellars
WINEMAKER: Willie Biggs / Mosdop Dippenaar / Marko Pentz / George Kruger
WINE OF ORIGIN: Northern Cape
Rich with dark fruit on the nose, with vanilla oak hints. Coriander and violettes on the pallete with prunes and white pepper.
alc: 14,25 % vol | rs: 3,8 g/l | pH: 3,81 |
type: Red | style: Dry | ta: 5,66 g/l |
body: Full | taste:Spice/fruit | pack: Bottle |
size: 750ml | closure: Cork | wooded |
ageing: 2 to 5 years |
Shiraz | |
Facing: | East/West |
Soil Types: | Deep alluvial soil with grey rock |
Age: | 19 Years |
Yield per hectare: | 6 t/ha |
Trellised: | Two wire trellis |
Irrigation: | Drip |
Clone: | |
Harvest date: | Early February |
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Petite Verdot | |
Facing: | East/West |
Soil Types: | Deep alluvial soil |
Age: | 10 Years |
Yield per hectare: | 10 t/ha |
Trellised: | Five wire Perold |
Irrigation: | Flood |
Harvest date: | Mid March |
Grapes are hand picked in the early morning hours at 24 -26 balling.
After offloading and destemming, the grapes are cold soak before fermentation. Small cement open fermentation tanks are use during fermentation with regular manual punch downs for colour extraction. Fermentation temperature range between 26 - 28°C and last for approximately 5 days. After fermentation the wine is aged in American and French oak barrels for 17 months before blending the final product. The wine will then be aged for another year in the bottle before release.
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Veritas – Silver, Micheal Angelo - Gold 2023
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Veritas - Silver Outstanding 2022
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