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Bovlei Riesling 2002

Clear with a light green tint. This crisp, dry wine gives you a mildly nutty floral, grassy taste with n frills attached.

Serve it chilled with duck liver pâte, pork smoked snoek, curries and stir-fry.
variety : Cape Riesling [ 100% Cape Riesling ]
winery : 
winemaker : Albertus Louw
wine of origin : Wellington
analysis : alc : 11.56 % vol  rs : 1.6 g/l  pH : 3.3  ta : 6.4 g/l  
type : White  style : Dry  body : Medium  
pack : Bottle  

ageing : Drink as a young vintage wine, because it shows its fruity components best.
in the vineyard : The grapes were selected from a 17 year old vineyard which is situated in a valley on the southern slopes of the Groenberg Mountain. It produced 9 ½ ton grapes per hectare from a three wire Perold trellising system with drip irrigation.
in the cellar : The grapes were handpicked at full ripeness at 22.6° Balling with a good PH / acidity balance. After crushing skin contact were given for 4 hours. The juice fermented for 18 days at 11 - 12° Celsius until dry. Before bottling it was fined with Wyoming Bentonite and naturally cold stabilized.
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