| Vintage: |
2002 |
| Origin: |
Elgin Wine for Origin |
| Variety: |
Chardonnay |
| Soil type: |
Shale |
| Harvest date: |
Havesting commenced on the 26th of February 2002. |
| Yield: |
2.75 tons/ha or 16 hl/ha |
| Harvest statistics: |
Harvested between 24.0şB
TA 7.2 g/Litre
pH 3.25 |
| Vinification: |
100% Barrel fermented, using 50% new and the balance in one-year old French oak (228 litre barriques). 40% Malolactic fermentation completed. |
| Maturation: |
10 Months in the same barrels in which the wine fermented. 100% Lees stirring (batonage), every 4 weeks. |
| Bottling: |
December 2002 |
| Analysis: |
Alcohol: 13.5 Vol%
Residual sugar: 2.0 g/litre
TA: 6.8 g/litre
pH: 3.4 |
| Tasting note: |
Light goldish green. Very youthful lime/melon aromas and some subdued oak. Pleasing ripe melon/tropical fruit flavours, restrained mineral edge with excellent length and elegance. |
