Productbeschrijving
‘ Een zeer verfijnde rode wijn. Deze Nederlandse wijnmaakster weet wat lekker is.’
———- VINEYARDS & VINIFICATION ———-
Facing: North-west
Soil types: Decomposed shale soils with 30% clay top soil
Age of vines: Planted in 2005, 10 years in Hemel and Aarde Ridge
Vineyard area: 1.2 ha
Yield per hectare: 7 t/ha
Trellised: 6 Wire Perold
Irrigation: Supplementary
Clone: 115 with 101-14 rootstock
Harvest date: 20 February 2016
Degree balling at harvest: Early morning hand harvested pinot noir 23 oB
Vinification: 4 Days cold soaking in open fermenter, inoculated with selected burgundy yeast, 2 pump overs and 2 punch downs done daily during peak fermentation, maximum temperature 28oC, near the end of fermentation little to no pump overs, only punch downs.
Barrel maturation: Burgundy coopers – 9 months 12% new oak, 2nd fill 10%, 3rd fill 10% and 4th fill 70%, 228l French oak barrels
Optimum drinking time: 3 – 5 years after release
——————— ANALYSIS ———————
Alcohol 13,34 % Vol TA 5.44 g/l Sugar 2.6 g/l pH 3.50
