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Fleur du Cap Essence du Cap Chenin Blanc 2017

The wine is brilliantly clear with specs of green. The nose is fresh with aromas of tropical fruit opening up into lime notes with a touch of oak spice. The initial tropical aromas follow through on the pallet with hints of citrus complimented with a dash of butterscotch from the time spent on wood. It has a lingering, crisp finish.

An extremely food friendly wine.
variety : Chenin Blanc [ 100% Chenin Blanc ]
winery : Fleur du Cap
winemaker : Kristin Basson
wine of origin : Simonsberg-Paarl
analysis : alc : 13.0 % vol  rs : 2.20 g/l  pH : 3.26  ta : 6.30 g/l  
type : White  style : Dry  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Screwcap  

The Fleur du Cap approach is unconstrained. Using only meticulously selected grapes from the finest vineyards across the Cape Winelands, we produce a range of wines that offer diversity of choice and diversity of taste. Essence du Cap is known for exceptional quality and wines that express their true varietal character.
in the vineyard : Terroir
Climate, soil, altitude and slope orientation are selected to capture as much varietal character as possible. The climate is mild with south and east-facing slopes offering natural protection against late afternoon sun. Cooling breezes from the Atlantic Ocean ensure rich, slow growing crops. The soil is predominantly medium textured and well-drained with good water water holding capacity.

Vineyards
The grapes were sourced from 3 different vineyards in Darling, Agter-Paarl and Simondium. The Darling vineyard is 9 years old, trellised and farmed under dryland conditions. The soils are decomposed granites and the vineyard overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.

The vineyard in Agter Paarl is a 29-year-old dryland bushvine vineyard on Malmesbury shale soils with excellent water holding capacity, yielding 8 tons per hectare. The vineyard in Simondium is on the middle slopes of the Simonsberg and was planted in 2008. It is trellised and is farmed dryland. The soils are also granites and production is 8 tons per hectare
about the harvest: The grapes were handpicked at 22° - 24° Balling.
Yield: 8 tons per hectare
in the cellar : After crushing, the juice was clarified and inoculated with a pure yeast culture, fermenting at a temperature ranging from 15°C to 17°C. 20% of the wine was fermented and aged on French Oak whilst 80% of the wine is unwooded. The wine was kept on its lees to lend greater palate weight and to add complexity. Prior to bottling the wine was fined and filtered.
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