| Ken Forrester Sauvignon Blanc |
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Full, complex, ripe tropical fruit flavours with crisp, dry finish. |
| Vintage |
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2004 |
| Grape Varieties |
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Sauvignon Blanc |
| Region |
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Stellenbosch |
| Soil |
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Duplex soils, fine sandy loam on a clay base |
| Yield |
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8 tons per hectare, unirrigated vineyards |
| Analysis |
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Alc 12.5 % By Vol
Ta 6 g/l
Rs 4.4 g/l
Ph 3.28 |
This wine shows full, complex, ripe fruit with a crisp, dry finish. Tropical fruit on the nose, with structure, wafts of hay on the nose with excellent tart fresh sherbet mouthfeel and exceptional long tropical pineapple, melon finish.
Grapes picked at the peak of flavour intensity to show the riper, tropical fruit flavour of Sauvignon Blanc with typical fresh acidity and balance. After crushing, pumped through mash-cooler straight to press for draining. Free-run juice settled and fermented separately from pressings. Extended lees contact after fermentation for about 8 weeks to increase "creamy" character. Juice/wine handled reductively throughout process.
Very good accompaniment with fish, chicken and pasta. |
