The 2023 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction

Live Virtual Auction, 6 - 7 October 2023

Cape Winemakers Guild Friday, 6 October

Sold for

ZAR 54 000
Lot 36
  • Newton Johnson Family Vineyards; Sandford Chardonnay; 2021; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Newton Johnson Family Vineyards; Sandford Chardonnay; 2021; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Newton Johnson Family Vineyards; Sandford Chardonnay; 2021; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Newton Johnson Family Vineyards; Sandford Chardonnay; 2021; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Newton Johnson Family Vineyards; Sandford Chardonnay; 2021; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Newton Johnson Family Vineyards; Sandford Chardonnay; 2021; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml
  • Newton Johnson Family Vineyards; Sandford Chardonnay; 2021; 24 (4 x 6); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 16 000 - 22 000
VAT is charged on both hammer & premium for daggered lots
Selling Price
ZAR 54 000

About this Item

2021 Sandford Chardonnay
24 (4 x 6) 750ml

“It’s been a great journey for us as a family coming into the valley, starting to discover it. We always say that we are learning more and more from the vineyards that we farm. That’s basically the approach we take with our winemaking as well: it’s just to never stop learning.” - Gordon Newton Johnson

100% Chardonnay

• The best single vineyard site of Chardonnay on Newton Johnson, illustrating the clarity and energy obtained in our granite soils in a veritable cool and maritime climate.
• Striving for authenticity with a natural winemaking approach (no added yeast, enzymes, bentonite or SO2 until bottling).
• Only the best quality (first) juice fraction is used from the whole bunch press.
• The vineyard is approaching a mature age of 15 years.
• Made for ageing through juice oxidation.

Tasting Notes: Elaborate citrus fruit layers of yuzu and lime, juxtaposed with white flowers, baking spice, crushed stones and gunflint. The plush and compact texture is prolonged with vitality in the tapered finish.

Ready for drinking in 3 to 8 years.

Bottle Size: 750 ml
Case Size: 6 x 750 ml
Total Cases Produced: 108
Quantity of Cases for Auction: 60

Alc: 14.2 vol%
RS: 2.6 g/l
TA: 7.1 g/l
pH: 3.34

Notes

Friday, 06 October Session
Lot 33: 12 bottles
Lot 34: 12 bottles
Lot 35: 12 bottles
Lot 36: 24 bottles

Saturday, 07 October Session
Lot 217: 12 bottles
Lot 218: 12 bottles
Lot 219: 24 bottles
Lot 220: 24 bottles
Lot 221: 24 bottles
Lot 222: 24 bottles
Lot 223: 36 bottles
Lot 224: 36 bottles
Lot 225: 36 bottles
Lot 226: 36 bottles
Lot 227: 36 bottles

Provenance

Wine of Origin: Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
Winemaker: Gordon Newton Johnson

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