Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2003

Silver - International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2005
International Wine Challenge 2005 - Seal of Approval
The wine shows an attractive lemony yellow-green colour with a complex nose of citrus, vanilla, butterscotch, tropical fruit and mineral tones. On the palate the taste is long and full with no excessive wooding. Complex, powerful yet still elegant.


variety : Chardonnay [ 100% Chardonnay ]
winery : Vergelegen Wines
winemaker : Andre van Rensburg
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol  rs : 2.7 g/l  pH : 3.25  ta : 6.5 g/l  
type : White  
pack : Bottle  

AWARDS
Silver - International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2005
International Wine Challenge 2005 - Seal of Approval

ageing : Drink over the next five years.

about the harvest: The grapes were harvested from Vergelegen’s 2 premium white wine vineyards: Schaapenberg and Lower Schaapenberg. South & South-West sloping vineyards at 200 – 240 m above sea level. The soils are Clovelly or granites with a clay base. Rootstock used is R 110 – which is very suitable for dry-land conditions.

in the cellar : Whole bunch pressed, with no skin contact. The juice was clarified to 220 NTU’s (quite turbid) and then racked into new French barrels (Francois Frere & Dargaud and Jaegle) for alcoholic fermentation. No cultured yeast’s are used. The wine was matured on the lees for 13 months with regular batonage.

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