WINES

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

CHARDONNAY RESERVE 1995

The Chardonnay Reserve shows a lemony yellow-green colour with a complex nose of citrus, toast, butter and mineral flavours. The wine is full and well balanced with excellent wood integration and a long aftertaste. Drink over the next five years.
Enjoy with shellfish and poultry .

	Origin
	From four farms, one near Stellenbosch the other three around Somerset West. The batch from Vergelegen came from a vineyard planted in 1989, and contributed 35%. The other vineyards varied in age from six to eleven years. Most received o
	Vinification
	The wine is set apart from our regular Chardonnay by the greater wood contact, higher percentage of malolactic fermentation and strict selection of outstanding vineyards. Most of the batches were crushed and destalked though not given skin contact, but some grapes went directly to the press. Only 7% was not wooded, all the rest having been fermented in French Oak and aged on the gross lees for 10 months. Lees stirred weekly. Of the total wine, 79% went into new wood, and 14% into third fill barrels. Spontaneous fermentation, i.e. no yeast addition was used for 45% of the wine, most of the remainder being fermented with the D47 strain. All the wooded lots, i.e. 93% went through malolactic fermentation.
	Composition
	100 % Chardonnay
	Analysis
	12.91 % Alc 3.2 g/l RS 5.7 g/l TA 3.36 pH 68 mg/l Total S02 21.6 g/l Extract
	Maturation
	Our aim was to make a South African Chardonnay that can age. Hopefully we've succeeded. If in 2005 it still tastes wonderful I'll be happy.

WINES

CHARDONNAY RESERVE 1995

Origin

Vinification

Composition

Analysis

Maturation