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Journey's End Chardonnay
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Vineyard Information |
| PERCENTAGE BLEND |
100% Chardonnay |
| APPELLATION |
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| AREA PLANTED |
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| AGE OF VINES |
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| ROOTSTOCK |
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| CLONE |
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| TRELLIS SYSTEM |
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| IRRIGATION |
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| VINE DENSITY |
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| SOIL |
| Granite and sandy top soil |
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| CLIMATE |
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HARVEST INFORMATION |
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| TYPE |
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| YIELD |
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WINEMAKING |
| CRUSHING/DESTEMMING |
| Crushed, destemmed, chilled, settled overnight at 7-10°C. |
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FERMENTATION PROTOCOL
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| Spontaneous- and inoculated fermentation in barrels,14 - 20°C for two weeks. |
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| MALOLACTIC (Y/N) |
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| LEES CONTACT/BATTONAGE |
| Stirred once a week for 3 months |
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| BARREL AGEING - OAK TYPE |
100% new French oak barrels |
| BARREL AGEING - DURATION |
Oak barrels for 9 months. |
| FINING |
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| FILTRATION |
| Kieselguhr FW 60/13 and 0.45 micron sterile |
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| STABILISATION |
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WINE ANALYSIS |
| ALCOHOL % (V/V) |
13.95 |
| RESIDUAL SUGAR (G/L) |
3.37 |
| TOTAL ACIDITY (G/L) |
6.11 |
| PH |
3.3 |
| VOLATILE ACIDITY (G/L) |
0.6 |
| FREE SO2 (MG/L) |
30 |
| TOTAL SO2 (MG/L) |
137 |
TASTING NOTES FROM WINEMAKER |
The appearance is clean and straw gold colour. Nice upfront pineapple, citrus and sweet wood flavours on the nose.The ripeness of the fruit fleshes out the palate with a creamy biscut follow through. Well balanced fruit with solid alcohol on the palate. A definate wood character but compliments the wine well. |
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