Syrah 2009

Dates harvested23-28 April 2009
Picked by hand with rigorous selection
Sugar level (Brix)24.0-25.0
Alcohol14.5%
Total Acidity5.7g/l
pH3.70
Vinification96% destemmed, cold soaked for approx. 4 to 5 days as whole berries. Fermented in open stainless steel vats with pumping-over and hand plunging, total period of maceration 23 to 28 days. Aged in French (31% new) oak barriques for 21 months. Unfined and bottled after coarse filtration.
Date of Bottling18 Mar 2011
Bottles produced4,560

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