Summary
| Producer | Fairview |
|---|---|
| Grape Variety | Viognier |
| Vintage | 2010 |
| Body | Medium |
| Style | Dessert wine |
| Bottle Size | 0.75 l |
| Wine Origin | |
| Origin | Paarl |
| Region | Western Cape |
| Country | South Africa |
Wine Makers Notes
| Winemaker | Anthony de Jager |
|---|---|
| Winemakers Approach | This is a wine that continues to show an interesting side to Viognier which has a lot of potential. I think that it will be at its best after a year or two in the bottle. |
| The Vineyard | Grapes are from a Viognier block on the upper slopes of the Fairview farm. This is a trellised vineyard, on well drained, decomposed granite soils. This is an irrigated vineyard and was planted 2001. |
| The Winemaking | Grapes were hand harvested at 28.4 degrees balling, when the skins were a deep golden colour. The yield on the vineyard was 6.5 tons per hectare. The grapes were whole bunch pressed into stainless steel settling tanks and the juice was racked after two days for fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Fermentation lasted 18 days, after which we stopped the fermentation by bringing the temperature down 8 degrees Celsius. This leaves us with a higher residual sugar. The wine was fined and filtered before and bottling. |
| Analysis | |
| Alcohol | 11.59% |
| Residual Sugar | 42.8 g/l |
| Acidity | 7.1 g/l |
| pH | 3.08 |
Wine Makers Notes
| Tasting Notes | |
|---|---|
| Bouquet | Floral honeysuckle abounds on the nose along with fresh grape aromas. |
| Palate | The wine has sufficient tannin and body to back up the sweetness and ensure that this is much more than just a simple late harvest. Good length on the finish. |
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