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VINEYARD BLOCKS
1 block 20 year old vines on 3 wire trellis ( opgeleide bosstok
) - yield 7 tons / hectare - picked early March 2nd block
10 year old vines on 3 wire trellis ( canopy fairly well managed,
no leaf removal ) - yield 9 tons / hectare - picked late February
3rd block 15% Chardonnay
VINTAGE CONDITIONS
Harvest date: 26/2/96 - 5/3/96 @ 22.2 - 24.5° balling.
PRODUCTION
Picking only early morning ( before 9.00am ), crushed lightly
and allowed approx. 4 hours skin contact. Single pressing
in small traditional basket press into settling tank for 1
-2 days - S0 2 added. Transferred to 225 l barrels - mostly
3rd fill, 15% new French oak. Barrel fermentation with natural
yeasts only - max. temp. reached 24 degrees. Lees stirred
every 2nd week reducing to about once a month. Maturation
in the barrel 7 months. Bentonite and isinglass fining prior
to bottling unfiltered 27 / 9 /96.
Production - 150 cases.
TASTING NOTES
ANALYSIS
Alc. 13,7 TA 7,5 pH 3,34
VA 0,41 sug. 2,0 SO2 35 & 100
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