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