| Vintage: |
2007 |
| Origin: |
Elgin |
| Variety: |
Chardonnay |
| Soil type: |
Sandstone and Shale |
| Harvest date: |
Harvesting commenced on the 14th February 2007 |
| Yield: |
5.9 tons/ha or 36 hl/ha |
| Harvest stats: |
Grapes harvested at 22.5şB;
Total Acid 7.0 g/litre;
pH 3.25 |
| Vinification: |
100% Barrel fermented, using 50% new and the balance in one-year old French oak. (500 litre Barrels) |
| Maturation: |
9 Months in the same barrels in which the wine fermented. 100% Lees stirring (Batonage), every week. |
| Bottled: |
Bottled in December 2007 |
| Analysis: |
Alcohol 13.0 percent;
Residual Sugar 1.5 g/litre;
Total Acid 6.3 g/litre;
pH 3.3 |
| Tasting note: |
Light goldish green. Very youthful lime/ lemon aromas and some subdued oak. Pleasing ripe melon/ tropical fruit flavours, restrained mineral edge with excellent length and elegance. |
