Mellasat vineyard was created by the Richardson family in 1996 from a Victorian homestead. The investment and modernisation of winemaker Stephen Richardson has already paid off with a number of award winning wines.

A full bodied Mellasat Shiraz wine made from a cultivar ideally suited to the Paarl region. A spicy nose gives way to cherry and mulberry fruits on the palate, maturation in American oak gives this wine a complex blend of caramelised vanilla and rustic charm with well balanced acidity on the finish.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS:
Barbequed meats and winter casseroles.

PRODUCER:
Mellasat Vineyards

WINE:
Mellasat Shiraz

VINTAGE:
2002

ORIGIN:
Paarl

VARIETY / COMPOSITION:
100% Shiraz

MATURATION (FUTURE):
Drink now or over the next 2 to 3 years.

BOTTLES PRODUCED:
1160 x 6 bottles

VINIFICATION:
Yeast inoculated after crushing and fermented on skins for 5 days. Malolactic fermentation induced in tank and completed within five weeks.

ANALYSIS:
Alcohol – 13.72% vol, Residual Sugar – 2.7 g/li, Total Acid – 6.0 g/li, pH – 3.56

MATURATION (PAST):
Matured in American oak barrels, 100% second fill, for 18 months.

BOTTLED:
July 2004

WINEMAKER:
Stephen Richardson