Temjanika Semi-sweet 2007 | Chardonnay Semi-sweet 2007
emjanika Semi-sweet 2007
Tikveshija Vineyard Region, Demir Kapija
Varietals composition: 100% temjanika
Flavour descriptors:
Our Temjanika semi-sweet has a distinctly pale yellow colour with hay-like shades. This is a semi-sweet wine with aromas of white chamomile, honey and peach. On the palate, it is delicate and elegant. Its sugar-dominated and long lasting taste gives this wine a charming and refined note.
Food paring:
Best consumed at 12°C with chocolate desserts and rice pudding.
Wine analysis:
Total acid: 5.40 g/l
Residual sugar: 18.1 g/l
Alcohol: 13.6% by volume
Vintage:
The 2007 season was extraordinary in many ways, it was the warmest, certainly the earliest and without doubt, one of the best for fruit quality. We experience unusual warm temperatures in February, followed by cool temperatures in March, which was ideal for flavour development. The summer was long; extremely hot offering potential for developing higher sugar levels than usual. The fruit is hand harvested by end of August with grape sugar levels reaching 24. The grape is carefully picked at its optimum ripeness and packed in crates.
Winemaking:
- Chilling the grapes
- The fruit is crushed and destemmed while preserving the temperature below 12°C
- Pressing
- Must clarification
- Fermentation while controlling the temperature
- Fermentation is stopped with cold when sugar level reaches 20 grams per litter
- Processes of stabilizing and fining