Franschhoek Cellar Semillon 2003

This fresh and fruity wine has excellent fig and grass flavours on nose and palate with a zesty finish.

Ideal on its own or with a light meal and compliments any chicken or pasta dish.

variety : Semillon [ 100% Semillon ]
winemaker : Jolene Calitz
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 12.64 % vol  rs : 4.57 g/l  pH : 3.34  ta : 6.7 g/l  
type : White  style : Off Dry  body : Medium  taste : Fruity  
pack : Bottle  

ageing : Enjoy within 2 years from vintage.

in the vineyard : Grapes originated from Franschhoek Region.
Average age of vines: 20 years

about the harvest: Grapes are hand picked at 21- 23°B.

in the cellar : Grapes are destalked, crushed and chilled to 12°C, then pumped into static drainers. Minimum skin contact, juice are then drained into settling tanks. The clear juice are racked from the lees into a fermentation tank and inoculated with active dry yeast. Fermen-tation took place at 12 to 15 °C, when fermented dry the wine are racked from lees, stabilized, filtered and bottled.

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