Chardonnay (Stellenbosch) - Library

*Special Offer for Club members*: all Library wines available at current cellar door pricing, less your Club discount. Limited stock available. Vintages offered: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 Two exceptional, ocean facing sites on the foothills of the Helderberg and Polkadraai hills are used for this Chardonnay. With the vines now averaging over 30 years old, the wine shows the typical intensity that one can expect from mature Chardonnay vineyards. The crunchy, granite derived soil type (Clovelly) imparts a lovely, flinty minerality to the wine and proximity to sea means the wine naturally possesses a bracing freshness. With strong influence of Alex Dale’s upbringing in Burgundy, the making of this Chardonnay is also adapted to our particular conditions in this ocean-facing part of the Cape – our mineral geology and temperate maritime climate both lending much to the equation. Restraining acidity, citrus flavours and integrated oaking, the introverted side of its character; ripeness and great persistence on the palate the more expansive side. Genuinely mineral, with a crisp lime-citrus edge and an elegant yet intense durability . A Chardonnay striving to be individual, focused on backbone and not butter. VEGAN FRIENDLY DOWNLOAD LIBRARY FACTSHEETS 2020 (Platter 4.5*) - Product sheet 2018 (Platter 4.5*) - Product sheet 2017 (Platter 4.5*) - Product sheet 2016 (Platter 4*) - Product sheet