Morgenhof Estate Brut Reserve 2003

The wine has a pale straw yellow colour with a green tint. The nose is a combination of cookie dough, granny smith apple, peaches, orange blossom flavours and a touch of savoury spice. The palate has a crisp acidity which adds to a lot of freshness, but is also quite full-bodied. The taste is yeasty, green apple and apricots. Traditional MCC.

Sparkling wine is a wine for all occasions and can be enjoyed as you please.

variety : Chardonnay [ 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir ]

winery : Morgenhof Wine Estate

winemaker : Jacques Cilliers

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 12.28 % vol rs : 6.2 g/l pH : 3.4 ta : 7.0 g/l

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

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : Although sparkling wine, in market ready condition, do not need to be aged, this wine will not dis-appoint after two to three years in the bottle.

in the vineyard : Simonsberg-Stellenbosch. Produced made and bottled on Morgenhof Wine Estate. This farm is 4 km from Stellenbosch and 25 km from Paarl on the R44 Road.

about the harvest: The grapes are picked at 18-19Â° Balling, thus the natural crisp acidity in a sparkling wine.

in the cellar : This has to be done because the wine has to go through a secondary fermentation in the bottle. The wine is a blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir. All the grapes were whole bunch pressed and fermented in 3rd to 5th fill French oak barrels. The wine did malo-lactic fermentation and spent one year in the barrels before re-inoculation for the secondary fermentation in the bottle.

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