Lourensford Limited Release Chardonnay 2025

The wine has intense ripe pineapple and melon flavours on the nose. It is supported with white peach, apricot and hints of jasmine, lemongrass and ginger.

Voluptuous butterscotch, orange peel, roasted cashew nuts and hints of vanilla flavours in the wine reminds of a wet pine forest floor in autumn. The wine has a brilliant linear acidity and dominant dense mineral core with layered sweetness and balanced acidity due to the natural fermentation. The roundness on the pallet and a beautifully integrated texture with flavours of orange blossom and lemony zest supported by a creamy finish coats your mouth and make you want to spend more time in the presence of this big wine.

WINE INFORMATION Cultivar: 100% Chardonnay Wood: 42.9% of the wine was fermented in new Burgundian style wine barrels and 42.8% in 2nd fill barrels. 85.7% of the wine started fermented in stainless steel tanks and moved to barrel halfway through the fermentation process, 14.3% of the wine went through spontaneous fermentation in a terracotta amphora with a portion of whole berries added to the fermentation. Age at bottling: The wine spent 11 months on its primary lees with intermitted barrel rolling to stir up the lees and release the manno-proteins in the yeast cells that add flavour and structure to the final wine. Bottles produced: 3500 (9 barrels)

TASTING NOTE The wine has intense ripe pineapple and melon flavours on the nose. It is supported with white peach, apricot and hints ofjasmine, lemongrass and ginger. Voluptuous butterscotch, orange peel, roasted cashew nuts and hints of vanilla flavours in the wine reminds of a wet pine forest floor in autumn. The wine has a brilliant linear acidity and dominant dense mineral core with layered sweetness and balanced acidity due to the natural fermentation. The roundness on the palate and a beautifully integrated texture with flavours of orange blossom and lemony zest supported by a creamy finish coats your mouth and make you want to spend more time in the presence of this big wine.

FOOD PAIRING This powerful wine can be matched with strongly flavoured food like duck a l’orange and rich sauces like a walnut and hollandaise sauce, provided that it is not too lemony. It pairs particularly well with crayfish or smoked haddock in a creamy sauce. It is equally good with salmon or crab risottos. Serve chilled but not too cold.