Kleine Rust Semi Sweet 2021

Sweet muscat spice on the nose enhancing rich pineapple and tropical fruit of Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc. The palate is seamless and rich with a lingering aftertaste and balanced acidity.

variety : Chenin Blanc [ 73% Chenin Blanc, 17% Muscat de Alexandrie, 10% Sauvignon Blanc ]

winery : Stellenrust Wine Estate

winemaker : Tertius Boshoff

wine of origin : Bottelary

analysis : alc : 12.7 % vol rs : 20.1 g/l pH : 3.03 ta : 6.8 g/l

type : White style : Semi Sweet taste : Fruity

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

Utter opulence in a glass made for those who appreciate richness in a glass with a touch of texture and elegance. The days of semi-sweet wines being bland sugar driven concentrate, is of the past.

in the vineyard : The grapes used for this wine are harvested from 5 – 54 year old bush vine planted in the Bottelary Hills. Soil types vary from decomposed granite to sand. The Muscat grapes used for this wine are picked from a 54 year old vineyard and boasts wonderful fruit intensity.

about the harvest:

Grapes are picked at optimum ripeness around 22° Balling. The Muscat is picked as noble late harvest when the grapes have picked up Botrytis.

in the cellar : Grapes are picked at optimum ripeness around 22 Balling and the juice allowed some skin contact with the grapes. The juice starts a wild yeast fermentation, before it is inoculated with a special brew of commercial yeast suitable to produce rich and ripe flavours.

The Muscat is picked as noble late harvest, when the grapes have picked up Botrytis, and fermented to a residual sugar of about 140g/L. This component of sweet wine is then blended down with Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc to a semi-sweet level. It is fermented cold in stainless steel tanks over a period of 2 to 3 weeks between 11 – 15 °C and left on its primary fermentation lees for at least 3 months before refinement and bottling.

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