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De Trafford Chenin Blanc 2010

Rich yellow colour.
A little richer, thicker than usual, with great concentration and length.

Drink 2011 to 2015

Ideal with mildly spicy Asian seafood or chicken dishes.
variety : Chenin Blanc [ Chenin Blanc 100% ]
winemaker : David Trafford
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 14.9 % vol  rs : 4.1 g/l  pH : 3.62  ta : 5.2 g/l  va : 0.76 g/l  so2 : 12 mg/l  fso2 : 83 mg/l  
type : White  style : Dry   wooded
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : 100% barrel fermented in 225L and 700L casks for 10 months. 20% new French oak.

in the vineyard : All grapes sourced from the same blocks of old low yielding vines – between 25 and 40 years old – in the Stellenbosch / Helderberg area. Keerweder, Post House and Bredell. Decomposed granite soils with good moisture retention, unirrigated or lightly irrigated at varaison.
Yield particularly low in 2010 – between 3 & 5 tons /hectare.
about the harvest: A cool, overcast, rainy spring led to poor fruit set and smaller looser bunches. Very strong winds caused some physical damage and also contributed to reducing the size of the crop. The small crop contributed to faster ripening and the first grapes being picked very ripe. A hot, dry harvest, but most of our Chenin was picked before the mid March heat wave, preserving complexity.
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