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Premium Range
Elgin Chardonnay 2004
| Vintage: |
2004 |
| Origin: |
Elgin |
| Variety: |
Chardonnay |
| Soil Type: |
Sandstone and Shale |
| Harvest date: |
Harvesting commenced on the 11th of March 2004. |
| Yield: |
5.3 tons/ha or 32 hl/ha |
| Harvest stats: |
Harvested between 23.0şB,
TA 7.2 g/litre,
pH 3.25 |
| Vinification: |
100% Barrel fermented, using 50% new and the balance in one-year old French oak. (228L Barriques) 40% Malolactic fermentation completed. |
| Maturation: |
10 Months in the same barrels in which the wine fermented. 100% Lees stirring (batonage), every week. |
| Bottled: |
Bottled in December 2004 |
| Analysis: |
Alcohol 13.0%,
Residual sugar 2.0 g/litre,
TA 6.3 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 edged with excellent length and elegance. |
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