Bock Syrah 2018 DHC Villány premium (1c/s @25EUR×6)

ボック シラー 2018  ドライ赤ワイン

<Description>

Type: Villány premium red wine with protected designation of origin
Vineyards: Bocor
Bottle sizes: 0.75 l
Product line: vineyard selection

<Tasting Note>

A special limited variety from the Bocor vineyard. Part of the selection wine family, following fermentation it is matured in new oak barrels for 18 months. It is characterized by a garnet-red colour tending to black, while in its aroma can be sensed sweet spices, overripe fruit and mint, which are accompanied by chocolate and vanilla achieved by the maturation in new barrels.

<About Vintage>

January was milder this year than in 2017, and while there was snow as well as sleet, the record cold was to come in March. Vines were among the latest plants (fruit trees) to flower, and so the frozen outset of the spring in early March (-14°C) only resulted in a lack of produce in the flatter vineyards. Temperatures of around 20°C were quick to follow the cold start, and so, despite the cold, spring was to start early. Temperatures of up to 30°C were not rare in April, and May was also a warm month. As a result, the vines began to develop a good week or two earlier than usual.

Summer also began hot, with values of around 30°C, and so the two-week advantage over the previous year continued. The slight drop in temperature in mid-June did nothing to retract the advantage, and so everyone began to prepare for an early August harvest. The year’s weather raised no problems as regards the year’s vintage, and pest control was also at its satisfactory level. The hot weather continued through August, frequently reaching 34°C. Although August was rather dry, the precipitation evened out at a monthly 60-80 mm, meaning that the grapes ripened early and that the harvest could begin on August 22.

2018 promises to be an exceptional year, the sugars forming satisfactorily as a result of the sunlight and heat and the wines being built upon healthy grapes.

<Wine Characteristic>

Degree of dryness Dry

Sugar content 1.4 g/l

Alcohol content 14.31%

Titratable acidity 4.9 g/l

Sugar-free extract content 32.1 g/l

<Viticultural data>

Cultivation area Villány Wine Region

Vineyards  Bocor

Characteristic soil limestone, loess, loam

Grape types and percentage syrah 100%

Age of vines 10-13 years

Burden of production 1 kg/vine

<Winemaking data>

Fermentation vat

Method of fermentation controlled

Maturation barrique barrels

Maturation period 18 months

Bottling time 2020.03.14.