Thelema Rhine Riesling Late Harvest 2009

This wine has a delicious apricot and honeysuckle character, and is lush and soft on the palate.

Perfect to enjoy with dessert or some fine handcrafted cheeses.

variety : Riesling [ 100% Rhine Riesling ]

winery : Thelema Mountain Vineyards

winemaker : _

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 10.63 % vol rs : 135.37 g/l pH : 3.34 ta : 7.28 g/l

type : White style : Sweet body : Soft taste : Fragrant

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

ageing : It should age well and become much more complex in a few years.

in the vineyard : Varietal: Rhine Riesling - clone 239
Rootstock: 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 12 cms
Yield: 1.566 tons
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.

about the harvest: Picking date: 8th April
Grape sugar: 30.73 balling
Acidity: 5.21 g/l
pH at harvest: 3.58

in the cellar : Yeasts: WE 14
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.

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