Country of origin:South Africa
Wine appellation: Western Cape
Vintage: 2005
Alcohol content: 13.53%
Residual sugar: 6.46g/l
Acidity: 5.50g/l
Color: straw yellow
Bouquet: overripe tropical fruit, pineapple, cream, butter, vanilla, hazelnuts
Taste: full body, creamy and buttery style of chardonnay with overripe pineapple accompanied by nice hazelnuts, medium finish
Recommended food pairing: pork loin
Overall score:86
Price: CZK 199
Stopper: cork
This Chardonnay is together with this JC the winner of Chardonnays we tasted over the Christmas holiday. It is very full bodied, nicely aged, round, creamy with overripe tropical fruits not only in the nose, but also in the taste. Comparing to JC it is more full bodied, round, straightforward, JC 2002 is more fruity than this one, which is very creamy. Again this was my last bottle:(
Info from the winery:
in the vineyard
Climate: Mediterranean climate with warm, dry summers and cold, wet winters, of approximately 600 - 800 mm or rain per year.
Soil: Table Mountain sandstone and Malmesbury shale.
in the cellar
Full ripe grapes were crushed and the juice fermented in a combination of second fill French oak barrels and on French oak staves in stainless steel tanks. Lees contact of about 2 months were allowed.
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