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Provenance Sauvignon Blanc 2011

Name: Provenance Sauvignon Blanc 2011
Brand: Provenance
SKU: 29314

The wine has a translucent colour with a green edge, showing prominent tropical, gooseberry and fruit salad flavours followed by hints of grass and a flinty aftertaste.

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variety : Sauvignon Blanc [ 100% Sauvignon Blanc ]

winery : Saronsberg Cellar

winemaker : Dewald Heyns

wine of origin : Tulbagh

analysis : alc : 13.24 % vol rs : 1.6 g/l pH : 3.33 ta : 6.6 g/l va : 0.43 g/l so2 : 106 mg/l fso2 : 32 mg/l

type : White style : Dry body : Light taste : Fruity

pack : Bottle closure : Screwcap

in the vineyard : Cultivar: Sauvignon Blanc
Clones: SB 10/ R99; SB316/Ramsey
Age: 10 - 17 years
Soil: Structured red clay-loam and weathered shale soils

about the harvest: The grapes were hand picked in the early morning hours in four separate pickings to maximise flavour diversity.

Harvest: 26th January to 5th February 2011
Yield: 5 - 8 ton/ha
Balling: 20 - 22,5 °B
pH: 3,33
Total acid: 6.6g/l

in the cellar : It was then force cooled to 4°C, bunch sorted and destemmed into satellite tanks. The mash was deposited into cold-soak tanks for 12 hours at 8°C. The free-run juice was drained to settling tanks and the skins pressed, keeping the free-run and press fractions separate. After settling for 48 hours at 5°C using only enzymes, the clear juice was racked and allowed to heat up for yeast inoculation.

The juice was fermented at 11°C for 18 to 22 days with Vin7 yeasts. It was left on the lees at 10°C for 9 months after fermentation, stirring every 14 days the first three months and monthly thereafter. The wine was handled reductively throughout the vinification process with a lot of dry ice (CO2) and nitrogen. Various tanks were racked and blended. Bentonite was added for protein stabilization, followed by a coarse sheet filtration prior to bottling. Bottling was done with a sterile sheet filtration and the wine bottle aged for 6 months prior to release.

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