Fairview Viognier 2003

Colour: Intense green gold
Aroma: Focused peach, apricot and accasia flower aromas
Palate: Well balanced rich mouthfeel with a long finish.

variety : Viognier [ 100% Viognier ]

winery :

winemaker : Anthony de Jager

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 14.84 % vol rs : 2.3 g/l pH : 3.32 ta : 6.6 g/l

type : White wooded

pack : Bottle

ageing : Enjoy now.

in the vineyard : Viognier grows on the gentle slopes at the base of Paarl mountian on granite soils and some new sites in the agter Paarl (Primo vineyards- Glenrosa soil type). The 2002 also had some fruit from a new vineyard in the Malmesbury region. These 2 new sites show enormour potential as the fruit is deeply rich and concentrated.

about the harvest: Grapes where handpicked in the early mornings in February 2003.

in the cellar : The grapes are picked ripe at 25 Baling in the early morning and whole bunch pressed. Once the skin colour changes to a slight yellow/ brownish look on the shoulder of the bunch. At this stage the rather tannic taste is riper and less astingent. Fermentation is done in 50% 2nd Fill, 15% new Frenck Oak and the remainder in tank. Post ferment, sur lie (4 months) botanage weekly. Partialy malolatic fermentation.

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