The Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction 2022
Live Virtual Auction, 30 September - 1 October 2022
Cape Winemakers Guild Saturday, 01 October
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About this Item
“When I look at blending, when I look at tasting wines, I look at balance first. When you have got a wine that is balanced, it is going to be a complete wine.” - Andries Burger
100% Chardonnay
2021 was one of the latest harvests experienced over the past decade. This wine is made from our oldest Chardonnay vineyard (34 years) which was harvested on the 24th of March. Grapes were whole bunch pressed, the juice naturally settled and transferred to 300 litre oak barrels for fermentation without yeast inoculation. Minimal lees stirring retains freshness allowing structure and texture to evolve, while showing the typicity of site. The wine was matured in barrel for nine months whereafter it was transferred to tank and stabilised for bottling.
Tasting Notes: A wine with great focus, purity, poise and minerality. The nose shows hints of lemon and tangerine, with the palate’s pronounced features being elegance and balance, the overall complexity of a terroir-driven cool climate Chardonnay leading to a long, lingering finish.
Ready for drinking now, but evolving over the next 5 - 10 years.
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Case Size: 6 x 750 ml
Total Quantity Cases Produced: 73
Quantity Cases on offer for this Auction: 50
Alc: 12.5
RS: 1.8
TA: 7.5
pH: 3.33
Notes
Friday, 30 September Session
Lot 38: 12 bottles
Lot 39: 12 bottles
Lot 40: 12 bottles
Lot 41: 24 bottles
Lot 42: 24 bottles
Saturday, 01 October Session
Lot 259: 12 bottles
Lot 260: 12 bottles
Lot 261: 24 bottles
Lot 262: 24 bottles
Lot 263: 36 bottles
Lot 264: 36 bottles
Lot 265: 36 bottles
Lot 266: 36 bottles
Provenance
Wine of Origin: Elgin
Winemaker: Andries Burger
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