IDIOM Viognier 2009

A golden wine with a striking bouquet of candied fruit, honey, nougat and cloves. The opulent mouth feel reveals a melange of clear stone fruit and fresh citrus flavours. An exceptional wine with remarkable consistency and continuity of aromas and flavours.


variety : Viognier [ 100% Viognier ]
winery : Idiom Wines
winemaker : Reino Thiart
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol  rs : 2.9 g/l  pH : 3.37  ta : 6.6 g/l  
type : White  style : Dry  body : Medium  taste : Fragrant   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

in the vineyard : Vineyard - Da Capo, Sir Lowry's Pass, Helderberg
Soils: Granite/Tukulu (decomposed granite) / Table Mountain Sandstone
Aspect: South west
Area: 2.21 Hectares
Trellising: Vertical Shoot Positioning
Irrigation: Drip
Predominant wind: SE Summer / NW Winter
Date of planting: 2001
Clones: VR 1A on R110

about the harvest: Balling at picking: 25.6°B

in the cellar : In keeping with previous vintages the juice was fermented at between 13-15°C in tank for the first day. After the first day the juice is then transferred to barrel to complete the fermentation in barrel. Malo-Lactic fermentation also finishes in barrel. After maturation in mainly 2nd and 3rd fill French and some Hungarian 225 litre oak barrels for 12 months the wine is given a light filtration and bottled.

Date of bottling: 14th September 2010

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