| Vintage: |
2005 |
| Origin: |
Elgin |
| Variety: |
Chardonnay |
| Soil type: |
Sandstone and Shale |
| Harvest date: |
Harvesting commenced on the 26th of February 2005 |
| Yield: |
5.9 tons/ha or 36 hl/ha |
| Harvest stats: |
Grapes harvested between 23.0şB;
Total Acid 7.2 g/litre;
pH 3.25 |
| Vinification: |
100% Barrel fermented, using 50% new and the balance in one-year old French oak. (500 l barrels). 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 2005 |
| Analysis: |
Alcohol 13.5 percent;
Residual Sugar 2.0 g/litre;
Total Acid 5.8 g/litre;
pH 3.2 |
| 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. |
