Rimu Grove Chardonnay 2000
Winemaker's Notes
Harvest date 8 - 22 April 2000
Sugars at harvest 23.o Brix
Bottling date 12 March 2001
Cases produced 474
Alcohol 13.5%
pH 3.4
T/A 7.3 gm/litre
75% fruit from the Moutere Hills appellation.
25% fruit from the Waimea Plains.
100% barrel fermented in French oak (50% new).
33% malolactic fermentation
Grapes were picked by hand and whole-bunch pressed,
followed by cool fermentation in 225L barriques.
The wine was routinely barrel-stirred on full lees for 10 months.