HEX RIVER CROSSING PRIVATE CELLAR · HEX RIVER CROSSING PRIVATE CELLAR Viognier 2008 Origin: Grapes...
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PO BOX 1, HEX RIVER, 6855, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27 23 354 8708 Fax: +27 23 354 8604 email: [email protected] www.auctioncrossing.co.za HEX RIVER CROSSING PRIVATE CELLAR Viognier 2008 Origin: Grapes were sourced from the Wellington region from soils derived from well-weathered Malmesbury shales. The vineyard has a south-westerly aspect and the climate has characteristics of a Continental climate with warm days and cool nights. Supplementary irrigation is needed on these vines to preserve the natuaral acids and flavours. These vines are pruned using the cordon pruning system to two-bud spurs and the canopy is trained using the vertical shoot positioning method. Vinification: The grapes were received in 16 kg containers and prior to crushing, grapes were pre-cooled overnight. After crushing, de-stemming and pressing, the juice was left to settle overnight and then 50% was placed into new small French oak and 50% into stainless steel tanks. Juice was allowed to increase in temperature to 10ºC and then innoculated with cultured yeast. During the two-week fermentation process, the temperature in the tanks was kept at 15ºC and in the barrels, temperatures were kept below 18ºC. After fermentation the barrel portion was allowed to undergo malolactic fermentation and after 4 months the wine was removed from the barrels and blended with the portion in the stainless steel tanks. This process was followed in order to achieve a marriage between both a full and complex mid-palate with oaky undertones from the barrel portion and a fresh, fruity component from the tank-fermented portion. Analysis: Alcohol: 14.5 %, Total extract: 26,3 g/l, Residual sugar: 3.5 g/l, Total acid:5.5 g/l, Ph:3.79 Product description: Very classic Viognier on the nose, the white peach is backed by aromatic flowers, lush but vibrant. Lots of richness on the palate, the peach fruit fleshed out by some mouth filling apricot, the freshness on the mid-palate balances the sweetness and the oak is very restrained.
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PO BOX 1, HEX RIVER, 6855, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: +27 23 354 8708 Fax: +27 23 354 8604email: [email protected]
www.auctioncrossing.co.za
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Viognier 2008Origin: Grapes were sourced from the Wellington region from soils derived from well-weathered
Malmesbury shales. The vineyard has a south-westerly aspect and the climate has characteristics
of a Continental climate with warm days and cool nights. Supplementary irrigation is needed on
these vines to preserve the natuaral acids and flavours. These vines are pruned using the cordon
pruning system to two-bud spurs and the canopy is trained using the vertical shoot positioning
method.
Vinification: The grapes were received in 16 kg containers and prior to crushing, grapes were pre-cooled
overnight. After crushing, de-stemming and pressing, the juice was left to settle overnight and
then 50% was placed into new small French oak and 50% into stainless steel tanks. Juice was
allowed to increase in temperature to 10ºC and then innoculated with cultured yeast. During
the two-week fermentation process, the temperature in the tanks was kept at 15ºC and in the
barrels, temperatures were kept below 18ºC. After fermentation the barrel portion was allowed to
undergo malolactic fermentation and after 4 months the wine was removed from the barrels and
blended with the portion in the stainless steel tanks. This process was followed in order to achieve
a marriage between both a full and complex mid-palate with oaky undertones from the barrel
portion and a fresh, fruity component from the tank-fermented portion.
Analysis:Alcohol: 14.5 %, Total extract: 26,3 g/l, Residual sugar: 3.5 g/l, Total acid:5.5 g/l, Ph:3.79
Product description:Very classic Viognier on the nose, the white peach is backed by aromatic flowers, lush but vibrant.
Lots of richness on the palate, the peach fruit fleshed out by some mouth filling apricot, the
freshness on the mid-palate balances the sweetness and the oak is very restrained.
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