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Amani Sauvignon Blanc 2004

The wine has a light straw color with subtle green hues. The aroma reminds of citrus flavors, pear and lemon. On the palate there is good fruit flavors coming through like passion fruit.

variety : Sauvignon Blanc [ 94 % Sauvignon Blanc, 6% Viognier ]

winery : Amani Vineyards - CLOSED

winemaker : Danelle van Rensburg

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 12.3 % vol rs : 2.0 g/l pH : 3.5 ta : 5.8 g/l fso2 : 30 mg/l

type : White style : Dry body : Medium taste : Fruity

pack : Bottle

in the vineyard : Soil type: Clovelly

about the harvest: Hand picked on 12 February 2004 at 21° Balling from 20 year old vines. Yield is 7 tons/ha. Fruit was stringently sorted on a sorting table prior to crushing.

in the cellar : After destalking and crushing, the mash went through a must cooler directly into the press. The press was filled, drained and pressing was conducted up to 1.8 bar. The juice was fermented with a selected, pure yeast culture called DV10. Later 9% wooded Sauvignon blanc was added which spent 3 months in a small third fill French barrel. Viognier (8%) was also added to enhance the mid palate and fruit flavors.

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