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VINEYARD BLOCKS
Unusual care has been taken to produce something special from
our local workhorse variety. This is a single
vineyard wine produced for our neighbours. An exceptional
vineyard block has been chosen with a cool microclimate, deep
moisture retentive soil and 25 year old vines with a low 7
- 10 ton / hectare yield.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS
PRODUCTION
The wine was 100 % barrel fermented in mostly used (30 % new
American ) French oak barrels and left on the lees for 7 months
to add a creamy richness to the ripe fruit. Bottled on the
property with only a light fining and no filtration or cold
stabilization.
TASTING NOTES
A clear attractive medium yellow colour.
The nose shows complex damp hay, melon, lemon and toasty,
vanilla aromas.
The palate is quite powerful with a crisp, crunchy acidity
complimented by ripe fruit flavours and sweet vanilla from
the oak. Fine, long aftertaste.
An exceptionally cool vintage for Stellenbosch producing
really fine fruit with the intensity and structure to develop
over several years in the bottle.
ANALYSIS
Alc. 13.89 Sugar 2.7 TA 8.1 VA
0.49 pH 3.37 SO2 34 - 113
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