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Brampton Natural Sweet Wine 2001

The aromas are complex spice, dried fruit, white peach and hints of flowers, which follow with superb length to the palate. Enjoy this wine well-chilled, in the company of good-looking friends, on its own or with a selection of fine cheeses.

variety : Sauvignon Blanc [ 100% Sauvignon Blanc ]
winery : Brampton Wines
winemaker : Adi Badenhorst
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol  rs : 190 g/l  pH : 3.60  ta : 9.6 g/l  
type : Dessert  
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

ageing : Many years from vintage!
in the vineyard : Cultivar: 100% Sauvignon Blanc partially infected with Botrytis Cinerea
Situation: Stellenbosch
Altitude: 240m
Distance from sea: 7 km
Soil type: Hutton
Rootstock: R99 & R110
Age of vines: 18 Years
Trellising: Vertically shoot positioned
Pruning: Spur pruned
Irrigation: Drip line irrigation
about the harvest: The grapes were harvested by hand during April 2003.
Grape analysis:
Acidity: 10.5 g/l
pH: 3.7
Sugar: 44° Balling
Yield: 20 hl/ha
in the cellar : Grapes were handpicked and pressed to a settling tank. After 6 days the juice was transferred to barrel for a lengthy natural fermentation. The wine was fined with lees after fermentation and returned to barrel. Filtered but not fined before bottling, therefore a slight haze may form which is entirely natural.
Oak used: Wine was in 225L Barriques for 22 months. 40% new French oak.
Bottled: June 2003
Production: 600 cases x 6 x 375ml
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