Holden Manz

Chardonnay

Name: Chardonnay
Brand: Holden Manz
Price: 325 ZAR
Availability: InStock

42 in stock

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Chardonnay•Franschhoek • South Africa

1 bottle750 ml•R99 delivery

R325

Case of 6750 ml each•Free delivery

R1,950

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Taste profile

Type

White Wine

Tannin

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Sweetness

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Acidity

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Body

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Oak influence

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On the palate

Colour: Yellow with a lime green tinge. Nose: A bright nose with mineral overtones giving way to honeyed stone fruit, light roasted almonds and a waft of lemon meringue. Palate: Eleven months lees contact adds a refined creaminess and complexity, presenting an appealing full mouth and length. Elegant flavours of honeyed melon and white blossom, crossed with a generous minerality, some salinity and complex acidity to provide a long, smooth finish.

Stonefruit

Roasted Almond

White Blossom

Minerality

Cultivar

100% Chardonnay

Region

Franschhoek

Appellation

Franschhoek

Alcohol

13%

Cellaring Potential

3 to 5 years

Residual Sugar

2.6 g/L

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The 2022 chardonnay grapes were specially sourced and hand selected by our Cellar Master from 3 sites - a high-altitude slope on the Banhoek side of the Simonsberg Mountain, a cooler Franschhoek vineyard and a block in Stellenbosch’s Polkadraai ward. These locations are selected to combine magnificently to produce a rounded well-balanced wine. Winter 2021 saw cool temperatures and good strong rains allowing the vines a chance to rest. Growing season was dominated by moderate temperatures, moderate rainfall and a slow ripening period.

Berries were hand selected in the cool of the early morning from the three sites. Following whole bunch pressing juice was allowed to rest to clarify before filling 225 litre French oak barrels (17% new barrels, 30% 2nd fill and the balance 3rd and 4th fill for fermentation). This Chardonnay was 100% barrel fermented, using natural yeast with extended lees contact and daily batonnage. As a result, the wine delivers a naturally fresh, creamy and crisp palate. Around 30% of this wine underwent malolactic fermentation.

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