Slanghoek Private Selection Riesling Semillon 2005

A blend of two of the Cape's best-known white cultivars. Unwooded and exceptionally well balanced. Light and dry on the palate with green pepper aftertaste.

variety : Weisser Riesling [ 50% Riesling, 50% Semillon ]

winery : Slanghoek Cellar

winemaker : Pieter Carstens & Team

wine of origin : Slanghoek

analysis : alc : 11.51 % vol rs : 1.8 g/l pH : 3.23 ta : 6.6 g/l va : 0.21 g/l so2 : 107 mg/l fso2 : 45 mg/l

type : White style : Dry body : Medium

pack : Bottle

in the vineyard : Supplier: Riesling - P. Hugo & Semillon - P.P. du Toit
Appellation: Slanghoek
Area planted: Riesling - 5,95 ha & Semillon - 2,84 ha
Age of vines: Riesling - 13 years & Semillon - 8 years
Rootstock: Riesling - Ramsey & Semillon - USVIT 8-7
Clone: Riesling - unknown & Semillon - GD 121
Trellis system: Riesling - 5-wire Perold & Semillon - 3-wire hedge
Irrigation: Riesling - micro & Semillon - micro
Vine densit: Riesling - 3,030 / ha & Semillon - 3,333 / ha
Soil: Riesling - dark alluvial & Semillon - deep, dark alluvial
Climate: Continental

about the harvest: Date: Riesling - 20 March 2005 & Semillon - 12 February 2005
Type: Riesling - machine & Semillon - hand harvested
Yield: Riesling - 12 tons / ha & Semillon - 9 tons / ha

in the cellar : Crushing/Destemming: Crushed and destemmed by machine
Tanks (type): Stainless Steel with cooling
Fermentation protocol (vessel, temp, duration): Stainless Steel with cooling / 14 degrees C / 16 days
Malolactic (y/n): No
Lees contact / battonage: No
Other method of oak maturation (chips etc.): No wood
Fining: Bentonite
Filtration: Bulkfiltration with diatomacious earth
Stabilisation: minus 4 degrees Celsius for 5 days

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