Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Chardonnay 2024
- Kleine Zalze
- White wine - dry
- South Africa
- Chardonnay
- John Platter: 5 Stars / 95 Points
- Tim Atkin 2025: 91 Points
- Veritas Awards 2025: Silver
€12.45*
Available, delivery time: 1-3 days
Information about "Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Chardonnay 2024"
The Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Chardonnay presents an exquisite balance of rich oak integration and vibrant freshness. Enticing aromas of fragrant citrus blossoms, zesty lime, and stone fruits transition seamlessly onto the palate, enriched by subtle hints of vanilla. This Chardonnay exhibits a remarkable length and enduring minerality, offering a refreshing yet harmonious acidity. An elegant and complex wine, boasting a perfectly integrated oak character that elevates its finesse and allure.
Post-harvest, the grapes underwent extended skin contact before careful pressing, utilizing only the free-run juice. After a 24-hour resting period, yeast was added, and fermentation took place in French oak barrels at controlled cool temperatures. The wine aged in barrels for an additional eight months, using 60% new oak and 40% used 400-liter barrels for maturation.
| Alcohol % Vol: | 13.5 |
|---|---|
| Main grape varietal: | Chardonnay |
| Wine region: | Western Cape |
| acidity [g/l]: | 6.2 |
| acidity level: | low |
| age restriction: | from 16 years |
| allergens: | contains sulfite |
| bottle closure: | screw cap |
| bottle size [liter]: | 0,75 |
| country of origin: | South Africa |
| distributor: | Curry Premium Wines oHG, D-86938 Schondorf |
| grape varietals: | Chardonnay |
| optimal drinking window (under ideal storage conditions): | 2029 |
| pH value: | 3.35 |
| ratings: | John Platter 5 Sterne, Veritas Silber (85 - 89 Punkte), Tim Atkin 91/100, Winemag 91/100 |
| recommended dishes: | Gegrillter Fisch, frische Meeresfrüchte |
| residual sugar: | 3.5 |
| serving temperature: | 8-12 |
| single varietal / blend: | mono varietal |
| vinification and maturation: | wooden barrel |
| vintage: | 2024 |
| winemaker: | RJ Botha |
| wine style: | dry |
| wine type: | White wine |
1 review
20 September 2023 20:08
Feine Barriqueprägung
mittelgelbe klare Farbe, Feine frische Chardonnaynase mit feiner Barriqueprägung. Feiner saftiger dichter Chardonnay mit feiner Säure dazu und schöner Eleganz. Zeigt Würze und Fruchtaromen von Aprikose und Pfirsich. Barrique gut integriert, zeigt aber auch Gerbstoffe und Struktur. Mir fehlt noch ein Tick Säure dazu. Schmelz und Dichte ist vorhanden.
- John Platter: 5 Stars / 95 Points
- Tim Atkin 2025: 91 Points
- Veritas Awards 2025: Silver
- 2023 Vintage - John Platter: 4.5 Stars
- 2023 Vintage - Tim Atkin 2024: 91 Points
- 2023 Vintage - Decanter Awards 2024: 90 Points
- 2023 Vintage - Michelangelo Awards 2025: Gold
- 2023 Vintage - Winemagazine South Africa 2024: 91 Points
| Legal drinking age | 16 |
|---|---|
| Distributor | Curry Premium Wines oHG, D-86938 Schondorf |
| Recommended dishes | Gegrillter Fisch, frische Meeresfrüchte |
| Grape varietals | Chardonnay |
| Serving temperature [°C] | 8-12 °C |
| Storable up to (at perfect conditions) | 2029 |
| Winemaker | RJ Botha |
| Ingredients | Trauben, Kohlendioxid, Konservierungsstoff (Sulfite), Stabilisator (Carboxymethylcellulose), Säureregulator (Weinsäure (L(+)-)), Antioxidationsmittel (Erythorbinsäure) |
|---|---|
| Calories | 81 kcal / 337 kj |
| Carbs | 1.5 |
| Sugar | 0.4 |
| Nutrition allergens | Enthält Sulfite |
| Alcohol concentration [Vol%]: | 13.5 |
|---|---|
| Residual sugar [g/l] | 3.5 |
| pH-value | 3.35 |
| Acid content [g/l] | 6.2 |