Whalehaven

Seascape Reserve Chardonnay

Name: Seascape Reserve Chardonnay
Brand: Whalehaven
Price: 405 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 91 (2 reviews)

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Chardonnay•Upper Hemel en Aarde Valley • South Africa

1 bottle750 ml•R99 delivery

R405

Case of 6750 ml each•Free delivery

R2,430

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Taste profile

Type

White Wine

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On the palate

An exceptional limited production Chardonnay from the cool climate Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Light shines through this pale yellow wine with vibrant acidity and a strong backbone of minerality with delicate notes of Granny Smith apple, fresh cut melon and green pear. An energetic tension leaves one with the impression of a future filled with lemon zest and lemon curd. Excellent ageing potential.

Granny Smith Apple

Green Pear

Lemon Zest

Melon

Cultivar

Chardonnay

Region

Upper Hemel en Aarde Valley

Appellation

Upper Hemel-En Aarde

Alcohol

13.02%

Cellaring Potential

3 to 7 years

Residual Sugar

2.5 g/L

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Whalehaven Wines is the third oldest wine producer in the Hemel-en-Aarde region and is one of the first stops for exceptional Merlot. The wines are hand-crafted to celebrate each harvest and to reflect the particular nuances of each varietal. Over time, Whalehaven has gained a strong reputation for its French-styled Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, creating wines which evoke the elegance and reserve of fine French Burgundies here in South Africa. These classic Burgundian varietals are icons of the Hermanus region and a long-standing tradition within the Whalehaven winery portfolio.

The grapes come from CY5 clone vines on north facing slopes. The vines experience, on average, 750mm of rain each year with southeasterly winds in the spring and summer and north-westerly winds in the autumn and winter. The soil is composed of a Longlands/Avalon soil and a fine Table Mountain sandstone of which 15% is clay. Along with natural rainfall, the vines are supplemented with under vine micro jet irrigation in every second row.

The grapes were handpicked in the early morning on 2nd March 2020 into 18kg lug boxes at a Balling of 22.1°. Once picked the grapes were placed in cold storage for overnight cooling to a temperature of 8°C. The following day the grape bunches were hand sorted before being put straight into the press for whole bunch pressing up to 1 Bar. Thereafter the juice is moved to tank where it remained untouched for one to two days and allowed to settle. The juice was then racked off its heavy lees and allowed to heat up naturally before being inoculated with Lallemand ICV D21 yeast at 30g/hl and then moved to barrel for fermentation to take place for seven days. The lees was no stirring of the lees during the maturation period. The wine was then racked off its lees, given a light sulphuring and allowed four months maturation before being given a light filtration and bottled.

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