feb 182009
| Productie | Herkomst | Australie - Central Victoria |
| Klimaat | Bendigo ligt volledig in het binnenland, in de zone Central Victoria. Een mediteraan klimaat met warme, droge zomers en zachte natte winters. 2001: Mild dry conditions with an Indian summer that ran into May. http://www.bendigowine.org.au/wineRegion.asp | |
| Terroir | The majority of soils in the Bendigo region range from brownish surface loamy sand and clay loam over a stony clay base to quite acidic soils, yellow-brown in colour. | |
| Druivenrassen | Cabernet - merlot | |
| Vinificatie | Hand harvesting fruit at the peak of maturity with crushing in the vineyard (we call it the Blue Sky winery) before a lengthy pre fermentation soaking of the must. Extreme color saturation and flavor development is achieved by this action and from there the fermentation is initiated with part natural fermentation before finishing off to complete dryness with a selected dried yeast. Basket pressed to within an inch of its life and then to a slow cool maturation in oak barriques for 20 months. Hand bottled and bottle aged for 9 months before release. | |
| Rijping | Leeftijd | 2001 |
| Omstandigheden | Winkel | |
| Opmerkingen | http://www.thebridgevineyard.com.au/index.asp |
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