Meerlust Chardonnay

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Meerlust Chardonnay 2023 is a fresh and elegant white wine from Stellenbosch, South Africa. It shows a bright pale-yellow colour with a green hue and complex aromas of apricot, peach, pear, lemon zest, and floral notes with hints of toasted almonds. The palate is well-structured and linear, offering generous stone fruit flavours, crisp acidity, and underlying minerality. Partially aged in oak barrels and concrete tanks, this wine is balanced and vibrant, with a long, pleasant finish. Perfect with grilled fish, white and red meat

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€26,31    

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Product code 425
Brand Meerlust
Brand's website meerlust.co.za
Category White
 

Description

 

Composition

100% Chardonnay

ANALYSIS:

Alc: 13.46 % vol    TA: 6.24 g/L

RS: 1.96 g/L           pH: 3.41

Taste

Very clear light yellow color with a green, lively hue. Complex, appealing aromas of apricots, peaches, pears, lemon zest and floral notes with a hint of toasted almonds. The wine is well-structured on the palate, but retains a concentrated stone fruit flavor with elegant, balanced and fresh acidity. The finish is lively and fresh, with clean citrus fruit supported by minerality. The wine has a long, very pleasant finish.

Food pairing

Enjoy it with grilled fish, white and red meat.

Vineyard

Meerlust Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 was vinified from selected grapes from two mature vineyards. The vines are densely planted on well-drained, gravelly, low-nutrient soil with approximately 15% clay to ensure water availability to the vine roots during the growing season.

Harvest

The grapes were harvested by a team of experienced pickers who ensured optimal fruit selection. After pressing, the juice was left to settle overnight and, with a little fine lees, was transferred to a barrel where fermentation took place.

Cellar

A mixture of 30% new barrels, 33% second-fill 300-liter barrels, and 32% third-fill barrels is used, and this year, for the first time, 5% of the barrels were fermented in concrete tanks. Fermentation takes place either with selected yeasts or through natural spontaneous fermentation. The wine is aged until it reaches the desired mouthfeel and complexity. After removal from the barrel, the wine is slightly refined before bottling.

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Long recognized for producing world-class wines, Meerlust Estate has been the pride of the Myburgh family since 1756. Today, the traditional dedication to the art of winemaking continues under the guidance of Hannes Myburgh, eighth generation custodian of this seventeenth-century national monument.

Meerlust, with its historic manor house, classic wine cellar, family cemetery, dovecote and bird sanctuary is situated fifteen kilometers south of Stellenbosch, with the blue crescent of False Bay a mere five kilometers away. Wines are only made from grapes grown on the Estate which is uniquely positioned for the production of wines with exceptional complexity and character.

In the summertime, ocean breezes and evening mists roll in from the coast to cool the vineyards. The grapes ripen slowly, thus achieving full, concentrated varietal flavours. The soils consist of predominantly deep, well drained Hutton and Clovelly soil types, affording the vines excellent drought resistance and an ideal substrata for producing concentrated, complex wines