Steenberg Unwooded Chardonnay 2005

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This wine has intense pineapple, roasted almonds and golden delicious characters with a crisp refreshing acidity and a long biscuity finish on the palate.


variety : Chardonnay [ 100% Chardonnay ]
winemaker : John Loubser
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 13.76 % vol  rs : 2.9 g/l  pH : 3.4  ta : 3.4 g/l  
pack : Bottle  

in the vineyard : Soil type: Clovelly
Trellising: Elongated Perold
Age of vines: 14 years
Pruning: Spur - 2 bud
Yield: 4 Ton/Ha
Rootstock: 101 - 14 MGT

about the harvest: The grapes were harvested at sugar level of about 24° Balling on the 24th February 2005.

in the cellar : The grape must settled at 14°C and was then racked into fermentation tanks, where it was inoculated with a cultured yeast strain. The must fermented for 16 days at 18°C. The wine was prepared oxidativley (no SO2) and was left on the primary lees for 90 days (sur lies) to gain extra complexity and creaminess. The wine was bottled in June 2005.

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