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Brookdale Bradbourne 2023
R386.00
This blend of 38% Grenache Blanc, 25% Piquepoul Blanc, 25% Roussanne and 12% Marsanne makes for a rich wine with open aromatics of honeyed peaches, glazed pineapples, hazelnuts, and fresh white roses. The palate is smooth, delivering weight, breadth and length in harmony. Racy lime and green apple flash through, balancing the luscious core of stone fruit on the mid-palate.
The grapes were picked at different stages and the fruit was pre-cooled and wholebunch pressed before spontaneous fermentation took place. The wine was then barrel-fermented and aged in old 500L French oak barrels. A portion of the Grenache Blanc was wholebunch fermented for 7 days on the stems for some added texture and complexity. The components then went through 80% malolactic fermentation. The wines were aged for one year in barrel prior to blending and bottling, and spent 4 months in bottle before release.
ANALYSIS: ALC 13% | TA 5.5 g/l | RS 1.4 g/l | pH 3.45
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The 2023 season will be remembered for the dry and warmer winter; generally good growing conditions during the vegetative growth phase, good rain shortly before véraison which benefitted quality, and a cool and wet ripening period which gave grapes a chance to ripen optimally at a slower rate. Cooler conditions slowed the ripening of grapes, but the harvest commenced at the usual time in early February.
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| Producer | Brookdale |
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