Grape & Wine Details
Vintage: Non-vintage
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Origin: Coastal, South Africa
Winemaker: Corné Marais
Viticulturist: Johnathan Grieve
Vineyards: 3 and 12 year old vines
Yield: 8 – 10 ton per hectare
Winemaking
The grapes were picked by hand at 18,5 to 19,8°B and cooled overnight to 5° Celsius. The next day the whole bunches were pressed, the juice settled overnight and then racked to stainless steel tank for fermentation. 3% of the juice was fermented in small old French oak barrels. Wild yeast fermentation took 12 days at around 18°C. Then the wines were blended and left on the lees for between 24 and 36 months, after which it was bottled to allow second fermentation in glass. The wine stayed on the lees in glass for 12 months before it was disgorged.
Ageing
Drink immediately or over the next five years.
Corné Says
This wine is alive with flavours of lemon, apple pie and biscuit, with a touch of honey. These will get more pronounced with bottle ageing together with a striking zesty acidity. The taste is dry and complex as we like it at Avondale, and hopefully you too...
Analysis
ALC
| -
| 11.6 % vol
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| R/Sugar | -
| 9 g/l |
| TA | -
| 7.22 g/l |
| pH | -
| 3.22 |
