Mooiplaas Chenin Blanc Bush Vines 2010

Name: Mooiplaas Chenin Blanc Bush Vines 2010
Brand: Mooiplaas
SKU: 25421

The aimed for style is a Chenin with body and length, hence the fully ripe grapes as well as time on lees after fermentation. Some tropical flavours on the nose, botrytis influence evident in some late harvest character, palate is full and rounded with a well balanced sugar/acid ratio and good length, wonderful mouthfeel, drinks well, as Chenin does.

Excellent food wine.

variety : Chenin Blanc [ 94% Chenin Blanc, 6% Semillon ]

winery : Mooiplaas Estate

winemaker : Louis Roos

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.8 % vol rs : 3.1 g/l pH : 3.39 ta : 7.9 g/l

type : White style : Dry

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : Should develop further with time in bottle.

in the vineyard : Grapes from only one vineyard were used, 2 ha in size, planted by Nicolaas Roos in 1972. Dry land bush vines at 280 m above sea level on a western slope.
Age of vines: 39 years
Rootstock: R99
Training method: Bush Vines

about the harvest: Harvest date: 26 - 27 February 2010
Grape analysis: 25.5° Balling

in the cellar : 15 hour skin contact, juice cleaned by settling. Fermentation at 12-15 C for 30 days and left on the lees for one month.

Bottling: 6 July 2010 on Mooiplaas

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