Fort Simon Chenin Blanc,United Kingdom Fortress Hill price supplier

The Wine Making

The grapes were selected from different blocks of vineyards and handpicked in early March at an average baling of 23.5 deg. After careful destalking, the mash was alowed 12 hours of skin contact, separated and transfered to 70% stainless steel tanks and 30% French oak barrels. After fermetation, the wine the wine spent a further 3 months on the lees. It was then filtered and prepared for bottling.

Winemakers comments

A straw-green wine, invites you to the typical fruity aromas of pineapple, peach, pear, granadila and apricot on the palate. Followed through with raisin, Coconut undertones an a bed of soft woody flavours for a perfect finish, excellent for future cellaring.

Analysis

Residual sugar              4.8 g/l
Alcohol by Volume        14.1 %
Total Acidity                  5.85 g/l
V.A.                             0.52 g/l
PH                               3.33