Spier Chardonnay 2000

Elegant style with strong hints of citrus and tropical fruit wityh a yellow straw colour. Notes of honey, ripe bananas, butter and toffee with subtle hints of hazelnut and vanilla from the oak. Serve as an aperitif at any time and also as an accompaniment to cold entrees and seafood.


variety : Chardonnay [ Chardonnay ]
winery : Spier Wine Farm
winemaker : Frans Smit
wine of origin : Stellenbosch
analysis : alc : 13.0 % vol  rs : 3.2 g/l  pH : 3.55  ta : 5.8 g/l  
type : White  
pack : Bottle  

ageing : Enjoy now and until three years from harvest.

in the vineyard : Area: Stellenbosch

Temperature average :
Summer
23.5ºC
Winter
10ºC

Annual rainfall: 650 mm

Soil: Deep red, well-drained

Mature bushvines planted on south-western slopes.

about the harvest: Specially selected grapes, hand-picked, very carefully grown to optimum maturity. The grapes were harvested in February.

in the cellar : Wine is partly barrel fermented. Matured for eight months in French oak barrels.

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