Knorhoek Two Cubs White Blend 2011

Tropical fruit flavours, guava, honey, grapefruit and pineapple. Balanced between fruit and acidity. An easy drinking white wine enjoyed with green salad, white meat and a wide variety of seafood.

An easy drinking white wine enjoyed with green salad, white meat and a wide variety of seafood.

variety : Sauvignon Blanc [ 60% Sauvignon Blanc, 40% Chenin Blanc ]

winery : Knorhoek Wines

winemaker : Arno Albertyn

wine of origin : Simonsberg- Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol rs : 4.9 g/l pH : 3.43 ta : 5.9 g/l

type : White style : Dry taste : Fruity

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : Drink now or in the next 3 years.

about the harvest: The grapes are picked ripe to enhance the fruit flavours: the Sauvignon Blanc from specific areas inside the vineyard and the Chenin Blanc from newly trellised vines.

in the cellar : The Sauvignon blanc was treated reductively to the tank where it was cold fermented with a combination of yeasts. The Chenin blanc was treated non-reductively and was cold fermented with suitable yeast. Both the cultivars were left on the yeast lees for a few months before blending.

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