Hughes Family Nativo White Blend 2009

Name: Hughes Family Nativo White Blend 2009
Brand: Hughes Family
SKU: 23673

A rich, elegant white 'Cape blend', this wine has a bouquet of pineapple, lime and vanilla with distinctive mineral overtones and a creamy, long fresh finish.

The wine is recommended with full flavoured dishes such as salmon and tuna capaccio with soya, sesame and pickled ginger vinaigrette, grilled line fish with lemon & coriander and creamy Thai green chicken curry

variety : Chenin Blanc [ 51% Chenin Blanc, 26% Viognier, 23% Verdelho ]

winery : Nativo Wines

winemaker : Billy Hughes

wine of origin : Malmesbury

analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol rs : 5 g/l pH : 3.2 ta : 6.3 g/l

type : White wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : This wine is drinking well now and will improve in the bottle for a year or two

in the vineyard : The Viognier grapes are sourced from The Hughes Family farm, Kasteelsig Vineyards, in Malmesbury, the Chenin and Verdelho from Stellenbosch and Paarl.

about the harvest: The grapes were hand picked into small baskets.

in the cellar : The grapes were taken to Mellasat cellar in Paarl where we fermented our 2009 vintage. 50% of the wine was fermented in tanks, and the rest in small oak barrels, 25% of which were new. Our aim was to create a wine with an harmonious palate and a good finish to partner a wide range of dishes. The wine spent seven months in barrels and tank and was bottled in September 2009. 3 600 bottles have been produced.

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