WhaleHaven Chardonnay 1997

Aromas of baked apricots and marmalade, with lemon grass and bay leaves, merge into butterscotch and toasted nut flavours. Distinctive cool-climate acidity, enhances the ageing potential of this wine. Only 780 cases produced.

variety : Chardonnay [ Chardonnay ]

winery : Whalehaven Wines

winemaker : Storm Kreusch

wine of origin : Overberg

analysis : alc : 13.0 % vol rs : 1,8 g/l pH : 3,35 ta : 6,3 g/l

in the cellar : 35% Walker Bay and 65% Elgin wine wards - hence Wine of origin Overberg. The wine was fermented and matured in small French oak barrels for 8 months. 26% new oak, 52% 2nd fill and 22% 3rd fill.

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