Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2023

Name: Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2023
Brand: Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection
SKU: 51527

Elegant and complex. Upfront aroma of limes and citrus blossoms. On the palate the delicate taste of oak, supported by a crystalline acid structure and a slight pithy finish.

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variety : Chardonnay [ 100% Chardonnay ]

winery : Kleine Zalze Wines

winemaker : RJ Botha

wine of origin : Western Cape

analysis : alc : 13.0 % vol rs : 3.6 g/l pH : 3.49 ta : 6.2 g/l

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

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Screwcap

AWARDS

2024 Prescient Chardonnay Report - 91 Points

ageing : Drink now or cellar for 5 to 10 years to taste its real potential.

in the vineyard : The run-up to the season was characterized by a warm and dry winter and spring, resulting in drier than usual soil conditions at the onset of the growing season. This resulted in earlier bud-break and flowering, and as such also promising an earlier than usual harvest. The grapes were predominantly sourced from Stellenbosch with a small portion from Robertson. The Stellenbosch vineyards are planted in decomposed granite soils and provides structure and fruit to the wine whilst the Robertson portion is planted in limestone-based soils and provide texture and mineral elements.

about the harvest: The grapes were harvested between 21 - 23°balling.

in the cellar : After crushing most of 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. Certain portions were “whole bunch” pressed to ensure elegance and finesse. 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 30% new and the rest second and third fill 400L French oak barrels were used.

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