Somerbosch Chardonnay 1998

Brief Oak maturation enhances the bright lemony flavour of Chardonnay and imparts roundness and subtle butteriness to this medium bodied wine. Judicious cellaring will allow
this wine to gain even more complexity in 1 -2 years.


variety : Chardonnay [ Chardonnay ]
winery : Somerbosch Wines
winemaker : Marius & Japie Roux
wine of origin : 
analysis : alc : 12.93 % vol  rs : 1.7 g/l  pH : 3.37  ta : 6.1 g/l  
type : Red  
pack : Bottle  closure : Cork  

in the cellar : After 1 hour skin contact the grapes were lightly pressed. 50% of the juice was fermented in new French Oak barrels and left like that on the lease for 5 months. This was then
blended with the other 50% that was fermented in stainless steel.

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