Thelema Chardonnay 2011
Light straw in colour with hints of green, the nose shows marmalade fruit. Complex yeasty wooded flavours.
Food Pairing
Full flavoured dishes such as lobster, tuna, chicken and pork.
Winemaker's Comments
This wine has a beautiful light straw colour with hints of green. The nose shows pure marmalade fruit and complex yeasty flavours in a nice harmony with toasty oak. The palate is clean and pure with a lovely texture and finishes long.
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Tasting Notes
Viticultural Practices
| Varietal | Chardonnay – Clones CY3 & CY5 |
|---|---|
| Root stock | 101 – 14, R110 |
| Soil type | Hutton – decomposed granite |
| Age of vines | Planted 1985, 1986 |
| Plant density | 3432 vines per hectare |
| Trellising | Vertical hedge |
| Pruning | 2-bud spurs every 12cm |
| Yield | Approximately 5 t/ha |
| Irrigation | Supplementary drip |
| Vintage | Very hot and dry vintage, resulting in an early start to the picking, with different varieties ripening at the same time. A tough vintage for the winery crews! |
| Picking date | 9th – 14th February |
| Grape sugar | 22.1 °B |
| Acidity | 6.6 – 7.3 g/l |
| pH at harvest | 3.3 |
Winemaking Practices
| Yeasts | D522 |
|---|---|
| Fermentation temp | 19 °C |
| Method | De-stalk, crush, pressed, settled in horizontal stainless steel tanks and fermented in 228 L French oak barrels. |
| Wood maturation | 10 months in French oak barrels, 30% new, balance in 3rd/4th fill |
| Battonage | Barrels stirred every two weeks. |
| Second Fermentation | 100% of the bottling completed malolactic fermentation in barrel |
Wine Details
| Residual Sugar | 2.3 g/l |
|---|---|
| pH | 3.43 |
| Total acid | 6.1 g/l |
| Alcohol | 13.21% by volume |
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