Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2020

Name: Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2020
Brand: Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection
SKU: 47173

Elegant and complex. Limey fruit with perfect oak balance and a mineral finish on the palate.

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variety : Chardonnay [ 100% Chardonnay ]

winery : Kleine Zalze Wines

winemaker : RJ Botha

wine of origin : Western Cape

analysis : alc : 13.5 % vol rs : 3.6 g/l pH : 3.18 ta : 6.6 g/l

type : White style : Dry body : Full taste : Fruity wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

AWARDS

2021 Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards - Double Gold

ageing : Drink now or cellar for 10 years to taste its real potential.

in the vineyard : We had enough winter rain to break the drought but had a heat spell in July that caused uneven budding in most of the Chardonnay vineyards in SA and caused a very small crop. The grapes came from 3 blocks in Stellenbosch and a single block in Robertson. All the Stellenbosch blocks are dryland whilst Robertson only received one small drip irrigation. Careful canopy management was needed to ensure enough growth to ripen bunches. The canopy was tipped early in the season to initiate side shoot growth to protect the bunches against sun burn and to even out growth.

about the harvest: The grape were handpicked early in the morning.
The grapes were harvested between 22° - 24° balling and after crushing the juice was given extended skin contact for at least 12 hours before it was pressed.

in the cellar : The grapes were harvested between 22 - 24°balling and after crushing the juice was given extended skin contact for at least 12 hours before it was pressed. Only the free run portion of the juice was used for this selection. After 1 day of settling the juice was racked to a fermentation vessel where we inoculate with a slow fermenting yeast strain. The juice was racked into barrel 1 day after inoculation and left to ferment at low temperature until dry. The wine spent a total of 8 months in barrel before blending and bottling. A combination of 60% new and the rest second and third fill 400l French oak barrels were used.

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