Hill&Dale Chardonnay 2003

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Veritas 2003 - Gold
This Chardonnay was created with a more â€œmellowâ€ approach in mind. With its pale straw hue combining with a fresh green tint, even the colour is enticing. Its complexities on both the nose and palate give hints of oaky vanilla, some butterscotch and fresh toast with an underlying tone of lime and stewed fruit The finish is soft and elegant, although certainly not restrained.

Served slightly chilled at around 14 degrees Celsius, this wine is a great accompaniment to richer seafoods with creamy sauces, roast pork or lightly smoked poultry.

variety : Chardonnay [ Chardonnay ]

winery : Hill and Dale

winemaker : Guy Webber

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 13.81 % vol rs : 2.7 g/l pH : 3.22 ta : 6.1 g/l va : 0.21 g/l so2 : 135 mg/l fso2 : 54 mg/l

type : White wooded

pack : Bottle closure : Cork

AWARDS

Veritas 2003 - Gold

ageing : Enjoy now or see its complexities enhanced by up to 24 months of further cellaring.

in the vineyard : The sites on which the selected grapes were grown vary from cool, south-facing slopes to warmer, north-west slopes and vary in altitude from the warmer, low-lying plains to the cool, elevated slopes of the Helderberg and Simonsberg Mountains.

All the vines are trellised and are grown predominantly in soils of decomposed granite, although some Table Mountain sandstone and shale are also found on a number of the slopes. The vines are all grafted onto nematode-resistant rootstocks and are pruned and trained in such a style as to reduce the yield and thus optimize the quality of the fruit from which the wine is produced.

about the harvest: The grapes were hand-picked between 23 and 24.5Âº Balling.

in the cellar : After destalking and crushing, the juice was immediately separated from the skins. Pure yeast cultures were inoculated into the juice in order to optimize the fermentation process at around 16 degrees, which lasted between 13 and 16 days. A combination of French- and American oak was used during fermentation to enhance the fullness and character of the variety and to add an extra dimension to the wineâ€™s complexity. After extended lees contact of four weeks, the wine was allowed to naturally clarify itself under gravity for approximately three months prior to being blended, filtered and bottled.

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