A full bodied Cape blend with an intense dark claret colour. A wine with loads of sweet berry and dark fruit flavours in balance with new French oak. This wine is big in structure yet has supple, strong tannins for middle as well as a long after taste. A wine that will age well in the bottle for 12 - 15 years. Ideal match with game dishes, red meat, pork and spicy foods.

Grape Variety	30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 20% Pinotage, 20% Shiraz
Climate	During the early growth season cool temperatures with good rains in Oct, Nov and Dec were experienced. During the beginning of Jan nearly no rain fell whilst cool conditions prevailed, but during the latter stages of the month hot to extremely hot conditions were experienced. Temperatures in Feb and Mar were cool to normal with an above average rainfall. The season can therefore be summarized as cool with average to above average rainfall. 2007 was regarded as an excellent vintage for red wine in particular.
Soil	Hutton, Clovelly & Kroonstad
Trellising	Pinotage Bush Vines - Cabernet S, Merlot & Shiraz 5 wire hedge
Age of Vines	20 Years old
Yield	5.4 Tons/ha
Vinification	Grapes were hand picked at optimum ripeness. The wine was made in open fermenters and was on the skins for 4-5 days at an average temp. of 26°C. Punching of the cap was done every 2 hours to extract good colour and flavours from the grapes. After malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks the wine aged in 100% new french oak for 19 months. The Faith blend is a barrel selection of the best wines of the 2007 vintage in the Beyerskloof cellar.

Free SO2	43 mg/l
Total SO2	127 mg/l
pH	3.72
Total Acidity	5.7 g/l
Residual Sugar	2.9 g/l
Volatile Acidity	0.50 g.l
Alcohol Volume	14.5%