Rustenberg Five Soldiers Chardonnay 2024
- Rustenberg Wines
- White wine - dry
- South Africa - Stellenbosch
- Chardonnay
- Jahrgang 2022 - John Platter: 5 Sterne
- Jahrgang 2022 - Tim Atkin 2024: 92 Punkte
- Jahrgang 2023 - Tim Atkin 2025: 93 Punkte
- Jahrgang 2023 - Robert Parker: 90 Punkte
€55.00*
Product information "Rustenberg Five Soldiers Chardonnay 2024"
The Rustenberg Five Soldiers Chardonnay indulges with stunning aromatics of ripe citrus, melon and peach, combined with a lovely minerality and superbly balanced wood. An immensely complex Chardonnay with a lingering and creamy finish and an excellent backbone of balanced acidity.
The Five Soldiers vineyard is named after five tall pine trees known as "Five Soldiers" that tower over this site. Carefully selected Chardonnay grapes from this vineyard are hand-picked for this special wine and then refined just royally in the cellar. The final product is a very complex, full-bodied wine, yet approachable in its youth. Careful aging will reveal the depth of the wine's complexity and reward patience.
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The hand-picked grapes were whole bunch pressed on arrival at the winery and fermented spontaneously in French oak barrels of 300 liters each. Spontaneous in this context means that fermentation was initiated exclusively by wild yeast naturally occurring on the fruit and in the environment. No commercial yeasts were added to this process. Once fermentation was complete, the wine was aged on its lees for 15 months in a combination of 70% new wood and 30% second growth wood.
| Alcohol % Vol: | 13 |
|---|---|
| age restriction: | from 16 years |
| allergens: | contains sulfite |
| bottle closure: | cork |
| bottle size [liter]: | 0,75 |
| classification: | Estate Wine |
| country of origin: | South Africa |
| distributor: | Curry Premium Wines oHG, D-86938 Schondorf |
| grape varietals: | Chardonnay |
| main grape varietal: | Chardonnay |
| optimal drinking window (under ideal storage conditions): | 2030 |
| single varietal / blend: | mono varietal |
| type of bottling: | Bottle |
| vinification and maturation: | wooden barrel |
| vintage: | 2024 |
| wine colour: | white |
| winemaker: | Craig Christians, Murray Barlow |
| wine region: | Stellenbosch |
| wine style: | dry |
| wine type: | White wine |
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