Vergelegen Reserve Chardonnay 2020
R370.00
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The wine shows an attractive lemony yellow-green colour with a complex nose of citrus, white peach, pineapple, spice, citrus blossoms, apricot and buttered toast aromas. The taste is long and elegant with a lively minerality.
ORIGIN
The grapes are all Estate grown and selected from three vineyards – Rooiland 12 & 13 and the super vineyard Lower Schaapenberg.
VINIFICATION
Grapes were whole-bunch pressed with no skin contact. The juice, with some clarification, was racked into 30% new French oak barrels (Francois Frère, Dargaud & Jaegle, St Martin) and 70% second and third-fill barrelsfor alcoholic fermentation. The spontaneous onset of fermentation was allowed for, and after 7 days the barrels were inoculated with a pure culture yeast strain. Fermentation took approximately 15 days to complete – once the sugar was fermented, all 50 barrels were topped up. Only one-third of the barrels were allowed to complete malolactic fermentation to retain optimum acidity/freshness. The young wine was left on the gross lees for 8 months with regular batonnage, then stabilized and bottled on 10th of November 2019. Release date January 2022. Total production 12300 bottles
COMPOSITION
100% Chardonnay
ANALYSIS
Alc 13.55%
RS 2.09 g/l
TA 6.29 g/l
pH 3.25
MATURATION
Drink over the next decade.
Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2018
- Atkin – 92
- Platter – ’93 – 4½ stars
Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2017
- Atkin – 92
- Martin – 90
- Platter – ’93 – 4½ stars
Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2016
- Atkin – 92
- Martin – 94
- Platter – ’93 – 4½ stars
Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2015
- Tanzer – 91
- Atkin – 91
- Martin – 92
Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2014
- Tanzer – 92
- Atkin – 91
Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2013
- Tanzer – 91+
- Atkin – 93
- Martin – 92