Stellenbosch

Vergelegen Chardonnay 2018

75cl

£12.40

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Technical sheet

Type Of Wine:	white wine
Vintage:	2018 Other vintages 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2009
Appellation:	Stellenbosch (Western Cape, South Africa)
Cellar:	Vergelegen
Volume:	75cl
Grapes:	Chardonnay
Allergens:	Contains Sulfites
Alcohol Vol.:	14%

The Vergelegen Chardonnay 2018 (£12.40) is a white wine from Stellenbosch produced by Vergelegen based on chardonnay of 2018 and has an alcohol content of 14%. 4 of 5 points is the average score of this white according to Drinks&Co users.

Description

Vergelegen Chardonnay 2018 (Chardonnay)

TASTING NOTES:

View: lemon yellow green and attractive.
Nose: Nose of citrus, peach, tropical fruit and mineral tones.
Mouth: long and full of delicate wood. Beautifully refined and elegant.

APPELLATION: Somerset West.

VINES: completely made from grapes grown in Rocklands sites, Rooiland, Slanghoek and Korhaan.

GRAPES: 100% Chardonnay.

AGEING: matured on the lees for 10 months before being bottled on 28 January.

PREPARATION: The grapes were pressed in whole bunches without any contact with the skins. Juice slightly clarified, accumulated in 20% new French oak barrels (Francois Frère, Dargaud & Jaegle and 80% barrels of second, third and fourth filling) for alcoholic fermentation, different vineyards were fermented in oak barrels.

WINE PAIRING: birds, white fish, vegetables and seafood.

ALCOHOL: 13.72%