Single Vineyard · Chardonnay
Vintage 2023 · Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
Lime, flint and white peach, held very tightly.
R620 per 750 ml bottle
Order this wineSteenrug means stone ridge. Lime and flint on the nose, white peach held very tightly underneath. The palate is taut, almost austere, with a long mineral finish that tightens rather than fades. Give it three years, or a decanter.
At the tableCrayfish; veal in cream; aged Gruyère.
1.4 hectares on the thinnest soil on the farm, where the shale breaks the surface. Planted in 2004 to clone CY95; yields rarely pass four tonnes.
A dry winter and a late budburst. Low yields from small bunches, picked on 22 February 2023 in a single morning.
Whole bunch pressed and fermented wild in 500 litre French oak, a third new. Twelve months in barrel, six more in concrete before bottling.
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