WINES

Vergelegen's winemaking philosophy is simple : there must be harmony between the old and the new.

CHARDONNAY RESERVE 2008

The wine shows an attractive lemony yellow-green colour with a complex nose of citrus, vanilla, butterscotch, tropical fruit and mineral tones. The palate is long and full with delicate wooding. Complex, powerful yet still elegant.

	AWARDS
	International Wine & Spirit Competition 2008 : Silver John Platter Guide 2008 : 4.5 Stars
	Origin
	The designated vineyard for the making of our reserve is called Korhaan, after one of SA’s indigenous birds. The vineyard itself is south facing and ±220 meters above sea level. It is protected from the south easter’s onslaught by two other vineyards but that does not mean that nature does not throw other curved balls, as in November 2001 the crop was destroyed by hail! The soils are classified as Clovelly which means that their origin is in the Stellenbosch granites. The vineyard is not irrigated and because of the tough growing conditions yields never exceed 6 tonnes per hectare.
	Vinification
	Whole-bunch pressed, with no skin contact. The juice was clarified to 220 NTU’s (quite turbid) and then racked into 50% new French barrels (Francois Frére and Dargaud & Jaegle) and 50% second-fill barrels for alcoholic fermentation. No cultured yeasts are used. The wine was matured on the lees for 12 months with regular batonage.
	Composition
	100% Chardonnay
	Analysis
	Alc: 13.65% RS: 2.9g/l TA: 6.3g/l pH: 3.23
	Maturation
	Drink over the next five years.

WINES

CHARDONNAY RESERVE 2008

AWARDS

Origin

Vinification

Composition

Analysis

Maturation