Darling Cellars Reserve Quercus Gold Chardonnay 2018

An array of white pears, pineapple and lemon are the flavours on the nose that will follow through on the palate. A fruitful wine with a good mid palate, that ends off with a zesty lemon finish.

This makes this wine the perfect companion with a gourmet chicken salad or Indian curry dish.


variety : Chardonnay [ 100% Chardonnay ]
winery : Darling Cellars
winemaker : Pieter-Niel Rossouw and Maggie Venter
wine of origin : Darling
analysis : alc : 13.01 % vol  rs : 2.27 g/l  pH : 3.4  ta : 5.56 g/l  so2 : 150 mg/l  fso2 : 45 mg/l  
type : White  style : Dry  body : Light  taste : Fruity  
pack : Bottle  size : 750ml  closure : Screwcap  

The recent demarcation of the Darling district has led to a focus at Darling Cellars on wines which are terroir and varietal specific. The cool and temperate West Coast climate lends itself to a different micro- and mesoclimate which, along with the different types of soil, lead to unique grapes, which we guide into even more unique wines. Having 99%of all vineyards dry land and almost the same percentage bush vine, this is as close as nature intended for grapes to be as one can get.

Darling Cellars Reserve is a wine range of straight varietals where the focus is on fruit driven, varietal true, value for money wines.

in the vineyard : 

Terroir: Deep, decomposed granite soils on the slopes of the Darling Hills, with a cooling effect in the warm afternoons from the Atlantic Ocean in close proximity.
Vineyard type: Bush Vine, dry land.

about the harvest: 

Yield: 9 ton/ha 
Balling at Harvest: 23° B

in the cellar : 

Vinification: Crush and destalk, 15 days fermentation
Maturation: Kept on light lees for 3 months for fuller mouth feel and complexity.

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