2008 Estate Arneis
Tasting Notes
Pronounced "ahr nase"" this rare variety is originally from Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. This wine is tight and elegant and shows restrained ripe lemon and hints of herbs on the nose. Its palate is light, fresh, crisp and minerally. It has flavours of lemon, green apple and herbs with crisp steely acid and a dry finish.
Food Suggestions: Ideal with oysters, olives, and antipasto or superb with light seafood salads.
Harvest Details
Vinification Details
Bottling Details
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Harvest Details
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| Variety |
100% Arneis |
| Harvest Date |
17th Feb 2010 |
| Yield |
2 t/a |
| Beaume |
12.2 |
| Total Acid |
7.6 g/l |
| pH |
3.28 |
Vinification Details
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| Fermentation |
63% stainless steel and 37% Barrel Fermented |
| Yeasts |
CY3079 in tank and natural in barrels |
| Oak Treatment |
28% of the wine was fermented in 2 yr old French oak and 9% in older French oak. The barrel fermented batches were held in oak for 6 months to balance the naturally high acid levels and promote some palate richness and complexity. |
| Coopers |
Sirugue, Mercurey, Francois Freres, Toutant |
| Malolactic Fermentation |
0% |
| Filtration |
Single filtration past prior to bottling |
| Winemaker |
David Bicknell |
Bottling Details
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| Bottling Date |
9th November 2010 |
| Total Production |
512 Cases |
| Alcohol |
12.5% |
| pH |
3.06 |
| Total Acid |
7.2 g/l |
