Tasting notes
Rich colour with golden tint. Concentrated citrus aromas on the nose, with hints of a smokiness coming from the medium toasted French oak. The palate has a big entrance and is full bodied, well balanced with a long after taste.

Serving temperature
Recommended to be served at 14 ºc

Cultivars - 100% Chardonnay

Analysis
Alcohol : 14.49 %
Sugar : 3.3 g/l
Acidity : 6.3 g/l
pH : 3.24

Harvest date - 29, 31 January + 6 and 13 February 2007

Vinification
Hand picked in the cool of the night to retain freshness and flavours. Grapes were whole bunch pressed to lower the phenolic content in the wine. 50% of the wine was fermented with wild yeast. No MLF took place.

Maturation in barrels   
Wine was barrel fermented in 80% new and 20% 2nd fill 300 litre French oak barrels and matured for a further 11 months before racking, blending and bottling.

Bottling date  - February 2008

Production - 560 x 6

Ageing potential - 10 Years

Release date
Elegance, finesse and concentrated fruit reflecting the true character of the cultivar from our soils are the hallmarks of Rijk's Private Cellar wines. This wine was aged in the bottle for 1 year. After many tastings and discussions it was only released in February, 2009.