
Thelema Rhine Riesling Late Harvest (375ml) 2009
This wine has a delicious apricot and honeysuckle character, and is lush and soft on the palate.
Maturation
It should age well and become much more complex in a few years’ time.
Food Pairing
Perfect to enjoy with dessert or some fine handcrafted cheeses.
Winemaker's Comments
This wine has a delicious apricot and honeysuckle character, and is lush and soft on the palate.
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Tasting Notes
Viticultural Practices
Varietal | Rhine Riesling – clone 239 |
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Root stock | R99 |
Soil type | Hutton – decomposed granite |
Age of vines | Planted 1984 |
Plant density | 3704 vines per hectare |
Trellising | Vertical hedge |
Pruning | 2-bud spurs every 12cm |
Yield | 1.566 t/ha |
Irrigation | Drip |
Vintage | A cooler vintage with small spells of rain, resulting in a later-than-usual start to the harvest. The harvest was also longer than usual. Overall it was a very good year, with elegant and concentrated flavours. |
Picking date | 8th April |
Grape sugar | 30.73 °B |
Acidity | 5.21 g/l |
pH at harvest | 3.58 |
Winemaking Practices
Yeasts | WE14 |
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Fermentation temp | 14 °C |
Method | De-stalk, crush, overnight skin contact, pressed, settled and fermented in stainless steel tanks. Fermentation was stopped at approximately 10% Alcohol leaving us with a residual sugar of 135.37 g/l. |
Wine Details
Residual Sugar | 135.37 g/l |
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pH | 3.34 |
Total acid | 7.28 g/l |
Alcohol | 10.63% by volume |
Maturation | 2011 – 2018 |
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