Tesselaarsdal Chardonnay '21
Tesselaarsdal
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A bright, tight and pure Chardonnay with lifted primary fruit character and notes of citrus blossom, sweet lemon grass and lees spice with a fine dusty minerality, introduce a long, gentle palate, again very expressive but also deliciously classical and restrained. This is a graceful and age-worthy wine with an almost crystalline purity.
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- Wine Country
- South Africa
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- Grape varieties wine
- Chardonnay
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- Wine-food combination
- White meat, poultry and white fish like cod filet or lightly cooked shellfish like crab and prawn
About this wine
Description & facts
Tesselaarsdal was founded in 2015 by long-standing Hamilton Russell Vineyards employee, Berene Sauls. This wine is named after the historic Overberg farming hamlet of Tesselaarsdal, not far from the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge wine appellation, in which Berene was born – a descendant of the freed slaves who were bequeathed the land by former East India Company settler,Jo hannes Tesselaar in 1810. Extreme care is taken to ensure this small-production, classically styled Pinot noir expresses the personality of the cool, maritime, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge from un-irrigated vines and its elevated, stony, clay and iron-rich soils
- Producer
- Tesselaarsdal
- Country of origin
- South Africa
- Wine Region
- Hemel & Aarde Ridge
- Vintage
- 2021
- Grape varieties wine
- Chardonnay
- % of grape varieties wine
- 100 % Chardonnay
- Tasting note
- A bright, tight and pure Chardonnay with lifted primary fruit character and notes of citrus blossom, sweet lemon grass and lees spice with a fine dusty minerality, introduce a long, gentle palate, again very expressive but also deliciously classical and restrained. This is a graceful and age-worthy wine with an almost crystalline purity.
- Wine-food combination
- White meat, poultry and white fish like cod filet or lightly cooked shellfish like crab and prawn
- Vinification
- Grapes are whole bunch pressed and fermented in clay amphorae and old wooden barrels. Partial malolactic fermentation, 6 months Amphorae ageing on lees before blending and bottling. Spontaneous fermentation using organically grown selected yeast – natural fermentation
- Location Vineyard
- Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge
- Soil
- Stony, clay and iron-rich soils
- Closure
- Cork - Beeswax - soft
- Serving temperature
- 14 °C
- Ageing potential
- Age worthy Chardonnay that will improve even more in the next 3 years
- Awards & ratings
- 92/100 Tim Atkin 93/100 Greg Sherwood MW
