Paul Cluver Seven Flags Chardonnay 2020

Name: Paul Cluver Seven Flags Chardonnay 2020
Brand: Paul Cluver
SKU: 48939
Price: 1042 ZAR
Availability: InStock

This wine shows a light-yellow green hue, and the nose is a beautiful melody of fresh citrus fruits which is complimented by stone fruit and hints of oak. The palate is pure, precise, and focussed with great complexity, concentration, texture with a lingering and layered aftertaste. The wine is complex and elegant with great cellaring potential.

Fish, poultry, pork and game bird dishes work well with this wine. It works particularly well with creamy pastas and salmon dishes. The good acidity and balance between wood and fruit keeps the wine from being overly rich and consequently great without food too. Mussel soup is a perfect match.

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variety : Chardonnay [ 100% Chardonnay ]

winery : Paul Cluver Family Wine Estate

winemaker : Andries Burger

wine of origin : Elgin

analysis : alc : 12.85 % vol rs : 2.5 g/l pH : 3.26 ta : 6.7 g/l

type : White style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

AWARDS

2022 Tim Atkin SA Special Report - 96 points
2022 National Wine Challenge - Grand Cru

Grapes selected from the oldest Chardonnay vineyards on our Estate and in the Elgin Valley, planted in 1987.

in the vineyard : Currently there are 14.9 hectares planted to Chardonnay on the estate, clones include 76, 95 175, 270, 548 and 1066. The first vines were planted in 1987 and the youngest blocks in 2017. Vines range in age from 3 to 33 years. The soil is predominantly decomposed Bokkeveld Shale with
underlying clay layers of varying depths. The vineyards are planted on East, Southeast facing and South- Southwest facing slopes. Height above sea level ranges from 280 to 350 meters. The grapes for the Seven Flags Chardonnay are selected from the two oldest Chardonnay vineyards on the
property and the oldest vineyards in Elgin. These south facing vineyards are planted to clones 175 and 270.

about the harvest: The growing season of the vines, prior and during to the 2020 harvest, consisted of moderate day temperatures and cool night temperatures which was ideal for the development of quality grapes. We were blessed with a good volume of rain in October 2019 and January 2020 which benefited the
vineyards greatly. We started harvesting Chardonnay on the 31st of January and finished the 11th of March. The grapes for the Seven Flags Chardonnay were harvested on the 21st of February and the 11th of March from our oldest Chardonnay Vineyards planted in 1987.

in the cellar : The grapes were whole bunch pressed, settled without any settling agents, juice was then transferred to barrel for fermentation, a 100% non-inoculated fermentation in a selection of French oak barrels. (36% new, the rest 2nd and 3rd fill.) Lees stirring was kept to a minimum and the wine
remained on the lees for a total of nine months without any sulphur addition. We like to retain as much as possible of the natural acidity which give great freshness to the wine thus, we like to avoid malolactic fermentation. After tasting and blending trials, the wine was assembled from the best
barrels; stabilized and prepared for bottling.

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