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VINEYARD BLOCKS
1 block ( Keerweder ) 31 year old vines on a 3 wire trellis
on neighbouring cool, high altitude, SW slope. Deep red Hutton
soil with good moisture retention. Unirrigated. Yield 5 tons
/ hectare.
1 block ( Post House ) 19 year old vines on a 7 wire trellis
with moveable foliage wires. Lower slopes of the Helderberg
mountain, 8 km from the cooling influence of the sea. Gravelly
Escourt soil. Yield 7 tons / hectare. Lightly irrigated just
after veraison.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS
The cool wet winter got the growing season off to an excellent
start with even budding and the rest of the season was relatively
trouble-free. The cool, dry weather leading up to the harvest
meant the grapes developed concentrated, complex flavours
that may take a while to develop in the bottle. Clearly one
of the best harvests ever.
The grapes were picked in the cool mornings @ 22 - 24º
Balling.
Harvest dates: 4 / 2 / 03 - 19 / 3 / 03
PRODUCTION
This wine is a selection of two of our best barrels. One
400L new French oak barrel from the Post House vineyard and
the other an older 225L French oak from the Keermont vineyard.
Grapes lightly crushed and gently pressed in a traditional
basket press. This wine was barrel fermented with natural
yeasts and kept for 10 months in barrel with lees stirred
about once a month. No malolactic fermentation.
Bottled unfiltered on the property by hand with only a light
bentonite fining.
Bottling date: 29 / 1 / 04. Production: 130 x 6 x 750ml
TASTING NOTES
An appealing pale yellow colour.
Toasty oak and a smoky, mineral character with underlying
dried peach nose. Big, full palate with white peach flavours
and leesy richness. Probably best between 2006 and 2010.
Excellent with sushi, rich fish and seafood dishes, most white
meats or on its own.
ANALYSIS
ALC. 15.46% SUGAR 3.8 TA 7.5
pH 3.57 VA 0.58 SO2 19 & 82 |
