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continues to be one of the most popular white wines in Australia. The famed French wine region of Burgundy is the spiritual home of this great grape but such is its versatility that is grown all over the world. Cultivated from regions as diverse as the South of England to New Zealand’s South Island, Chardonnay is the most widely planted white grape in Australia.
Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new and developing wine regions, growing Chardonnay is seen as a "rite of passage" and an easy entry into the international wine market.
The Chardonnay grape itself is neutral, with many of the flavors commonly associated with the wine being derived from such influences as terroir and oak. It is vinified in many different styles, from the lean, crisply mineral wines of Chablis, France, to New World wineswith oak and tropical fruit flavors. In cool climates (such as Chablis and the Carneros AVA of California), Chardonnay wine tends to be medium to light body with noticeable acidity and flavors of green plum, apple, and pear. In warmer locations (such as the Adelaide Hillsand Mornington Peninsula in Australia and Gisborne and Marlborough region of New Zealand), the flavors become more citrus, peach, and melon, while in very warm locations (such as the Central Coast AVA of California), more fig and tropical fruit notes such as banana and mango come out. Wines that have gone through malolactic fermentation tend to have softer acidity and fruit flavors with buttery mouthfeel and hazelnut notes.
- VARIETY : Chardonnay | 100% Chardonnay
- WINERY : Vergelegen Wines
- WINEMAKER : Andre van Rensburg
- WINE OF ORIGIN : Stellenbosch
- type : White
- style : Dry wooded
- pack : Bottle
- size : 750ml
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