The FMC Premiere Selection Moelleux 2010

Each year Mother Nature has her very own agenda and our role in wine making is to accurately capture the complex array of patterns that go into any vintage and to reflect the myriad variables that make each year so unique.

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variety : Chenin Blanc [ 100% Chenin Blanc ]
winemaker : Ken Forrester
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 14.5 % vol  rs : 17.93 g/l  pH : 3.45  ta : 5.91 g/l  
type : White  body : Full  
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Cork  

ageing : Moelleux, a super rich style of wine that is possible only in the best and ripest of years is a wine to relish in its youth, but certainly a wine to respect in its dotage of you can keep it for the next 20 years!

in the vineyard : Region : Stellenbosch
Soil : Clovelly soil, bush vines
Aspect : south-south-west

about the harvest: Yield: 3t/ha

in the cellar : Hence this Première Selection (2 barrels) of the most expressive, powerful extract of the vintage; fermented naturally on the wild yeasts and left sur lie in barrel for 14 months before being gently revived and bottled.

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