Muratie Isabella Chardonnay 2022

Name: Muratie Isabella Chardonnay 2022
Brand: Muratie
SKU: 50464

In this fresh and elegant wine with its peach-blossom fragrance, the aim is to evoke those bedtime butterfly kisses of their beautiful baby girl, so the oaking (10 months in this case) is subtle, serving only to spice the stone fruit, melon and citrus flavours with hints of hazelnuts and vanilla cream. It’s beautifully delicate and understated, with a pure, slightly piquant and lingering ‘mineral’ finish promising great charm well beyond the toddler years.

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variety : Chardonnay [ 100% Chardonnay ]

winery : Muratie Wine Estate

winemaker : Hattingh de Villiers

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 13.21 % vol rs : 2.7 g/l pH : 3.43 ta : 5.5 g/l

type : White style : Dry body : Medium taste : Fragrant wooded

pack : Bottle size : 0 closure : Cork

For current Muratie owners Rijk and Kim Melck, there could be only one name for their Chardonnay, made from the free-run juice of hand-harvested, whole-bunch pressed grapes, fermented naturally and then matured in 500l French oak for nine months: the name of their baby daughter, Isabella.

in the vineyard : The free run juice is chilled to about 8˚ Celsius for 2 days. The clear juice is then taken off and pumped into 500 litre barrels where it undergoes natural fermentation.

about the harvest: The grapes were hand harvested before being whole-bunch pressed.

in the cellar : After the alcoholic fermentation, 40% wild fermentation, the wine underwent 60% malolactic fermentation and spent 9 months in wood before being racked and blended. It was then stabilised before it was bottled and labelled.

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