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VINEYARD BLOCKS
1 block ( Keerweder ) 29 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 4 tons / hectare.
2 blocks ( Post House ) 15 &
17 year old vines on a 4 wire trellis with moveable foliage
wires. Lower slopes of the Helderberg, 8 km from the cooling
influence of the sea. Gravelly Hutton soil. Yield 9 tons / hectare.
Lightly irrigated to releave drought and heat stress.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS
The growing season was generally hot and dry with no disease
problems. The fourth hot, dry vintage in a row, but this was
thankfully a little cooler and the grapes responded with lots
of lovely fruit flavours and balanced ripeness. The grapes were
picked in the cool mornings @ 23 - 24 degrees balling.
Harvest date 8 / 2 / 01 - 6 / 3 / 01
PRODUCTION
Grapes lightly crushed and allowed 3 hours skin contact before
gently pressing in a traditional basket press. Sulphur and dry
ice added and natural settling allowed for 2 days before 100
% barrel fermentation with natural yeasts.
All the wine kept in 225 l casks for 8 months with lees stirred
1 - 2 times a month initially.
30 % new oak used - mostly American from Demptos, Napa. Partial
malolactic fermentation.
Bottled unfiltered on the property by hand with only a light
bentonite fining.
Bottling date : 30 / 10 / 01.
TASTING NOTES
An appealing light yellow colour.
The nose shows subtle spicy, vanilla oak with apricot/citrus
fruit core and an intiguing mineral, hay character.
The palate is very full bodied with a mouthwatering thread of
acidity that carries the complex fruit and oak flavours to a
long aftertaste.
Excellent with rich fish and seafood dishes, subtle red and
white meats or on its own.
ANALYSIS
ALC. 14.0% SUGAR 1.9 TA 6.2 pH
3.15 VA 0.51 SO2 36 & 101 |
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