Blackenbrook Vineyard

Relax with this charming delight, reminiscent of crushed strawberries and red cherries.  Off-dry
in style, it has an impressive palate weight and an ethereal texture.

Ideal serving temperature: 10 -12°C

·    From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand

·    100% Blackenbrook fruit from our  Home block
 
·    Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
·    Close planting: 3780 vines/ha
·    9 Clones: UCD 5, UCD 6, 10/5, 22, 114, 115, 667, 777, Abel

·    Weather Conditions: An unseasonably hot spring was followed by a fairly cool summer.  Autumn began with stunning weather and we were lucky enough to have all our fruit picked before the wet conditions set in on 2 April.   

·    Hand-harvested and hand-selected on 20 March

·    48 hours cold maceration on the grape-skins
·    drained from open-fermenter and gravity-fed to main winery
·    Cool fermentation, stopped at 6g/ltr natural residual sugar.

·    Extended fine lees contact in stainless steel
·    Minimal pumping
·    No fining pre-bottling
·    Gentle filtration in a single pass from cloudy to sterile.
·    Bottled on 2 August 2011 under Screw Capsules
·    13.5% Alcohol

·    off-dry, only 107 cases produced
·    Vegan Wine