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KWV Lifestyle Chêne 2007

This dry, wooded white wine has lime, ripe melon caramel and vanilla aromas accompanied by creamy butterscotch and oak flavours.

This dry, wooded white wine has lime, ripe melon caramel and vanilla aromas accompanied by creamy butterscotch and oak flavours.
variety : Chenin Blanc [ Chenin Blanc ]
winemaker : The Winemaking Team
wine of origin : Paarl
analysis : alc : 14 % vol  rs : 1.6 g/l  pH : 3.41  ta : 5.56 g/l  
type : White   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  
in the vineyard : Severe warm weather experienced during January resulted in an earlier than usual start to the harvest. These conditions lasted well into the second week of February and lead to rapidly rising sugar levels. From mid-February temperatures declined and subsequently the sugars dropped and harvesting of white and red grapes slowed considerably. Due to the cooler conditions sugar levels increased very slowly whilst grape flavours developed noticeably. The ripening conditions were close to perfect for the tail-end of the crop.

ABOUT THE AREA
South Africa's vineyards are mostly situated in the Western Cape near the coast. This is the southernmost region of the African continent, and has a Mediterranean type climate and diverse soils perfectly suited to quality grape production.

about the harvest: 

Specially shoxen grapes were harvested at optimal ripeness in the first two weeks of February.
in the cellar : 30% of the blend was fermented and aged in French oak barrels for 3 months and 70% was fermented in stainless steel tanks.

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