Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Rose 2006
 
WINEMAKING

CABERNET SKINS WERE MACERATEDFOR TWO DAYS AT LOW TEMPERATURE,ALLOWING FOR SLOW AND GENTLE EXTRACTION OFINCREASING AMOUNTS OF COLOUR. UPON REACHING A BRIGHT STRAWBERRY RED THE JUICE WASDRAWN OFF THE SKINS,CLARIFIED AND BOTTLED.

 
AVERAGE AGE OF VINES 17 years
NUMBER OF CLONES 2
AMOUNT PRODUCED 7314 bottles
VINEYARDS 2 blocks totalling 5,18 hectares
PLANTING DENSITY 3300 vines per hectare
SOIL TYPES Deep red Hutton and Avalon Soils
PLANTING DENSITY 3300 vines per hectare
HARVEST DATE 28 March 2OO6
AVERAGE SUGAR AT HARVEST 24 degrees balling
AVERAGE YIELD 7 tonnes/hectare
BOTTLING DATE August 2OO6
ANALYSIS Alcohol - 14.5%. vol.
Residual Sugar - 2.3 g /li.
Total Acid - 6.3 g /li.
pH - 3.5