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Rickety Bridge Paulinas Reserve Chenin Blanc 2012

Dominant peach and ripe pear aromas with notes of spicy oak. A rich mouth-filling wine with good structure and a long finish of dried fruit, white flowers and subtle minerality.

Crayfish, roast pork, liver paté on toasted ciabatta.
variety : Chenin Blanc [ 100% Chenin Blanc ]
winemaker : Wynand Grobler
wine of origin : Franschhoek
analysis : alc : 13.40 % vol  rs : 2.7 g/l  pH : 3.40  ta : 6.3 g/l  
type : White  style : Dry  body : Full  taste : Fruity   wooded
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Screwcap  

ageing : Ready to be enjoyed but with the naturally high acidity this wine will cellar well until 2017.
in the vineyard : 

Decomposed granite soils host these low yielding 19 year old vines that crop 7 tonnes/ha.
about the harvest: Hand picked into small baskets in the early morning at 22.9 °Balling.
in the cellar : 

Fermented at 12°C for a period of 28 days using natural yeast. 100% of the wine was barrel fermented in a 2500litre oak foudre and left to age for 7 months on its primary lees ensuring the full and creamy mouth feel.. No sulphur additions were made during or after fermentation, only at bottling.
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