Neethlingshof Chardonnay 2008

Name: Neethlingshof Chardonnay 2008
Brand: Neethlingshof
SKU: 22258

Colour: Light golden with green edges.
Bouquet: Layers of ripe fruit with lime and dried peach and apricot.
Taste: An elegant, full-bodied wine with citrus and rich vanilla and spice flavours.

This wine is an ideal companion to poultry, seafood and summer salads.

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variety : Chardonnay [ 100% Chardonnay ]

winery : Neethlingshof Wine Estate

winemaker : De Wet Viljoen

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 13.07 % vol rs : 1.8 g/l pH : 22.7 ta : 5.09 g/l va : 3.77 g/l

type : White wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

ageing : This wine is ready to drink now.

in the vineyard :

Planted between 1986 and 1999 the vineyards yielding the grapes for this wine are grown on southerly and westerly facing slopes 220 m above sea level. The vines grafted onto nematode-resistant Richter 99 and 110 rootstocks and trellised on a five-wire system received supplementary irrigation from an overhead sprinkler system.

Viticulturist: Eben Archer

about the harvest: The grapes were harvested by hand at 25° Balling.

in the cellar : After 24 hours of skin contact, the juice was cool-fermented for two days in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. The wine was racked to 100% Hungarian oak barrels where it matured for 6 months on the lees. The final blend comprises 40% wooded and 60% unwooded wine.

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