Creation - Art of Chardonnay, Walker Bay - 2018 (750ml)

Wine Composition

100% Chardonnay

Winemakers Comments

The exclusive Art of Creation Chardonnay is even more complex, gaining its intensity from a specific site within a single vineyard. Elegantly refined in its aromas of fresh lime and delicate quince, the wine is also gorgeously opulent with whiffs of warm butterscotch and almond. On the creamy, exquisitely balanced palate layer upon layer of flavour unfold: rich vanilla pod, peach kernel, vivacious pear, a hint of white pepper … all enlivened by bracing minerality.

Awards

Tim Atkins | 96 points

Vinous Antonio Galloni | 93 points

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

13.5%

TA

6.8 g/l

pH

3.11

RS

1.8 g/l

Vinification

Barrel fermentation took place at 20°Celsius and was accompanied by fortnightly batonage.

Winemaker

Name - Jean-Claude Martin

Winery

When in 2002 Jean-Claude (JC) and Carolyn Martin took up the challenge of establishing a winery in a remote corner of the Walker Bay Wine Region, they did so with the courage of their conviction. The 40 hectares of undulating land on the lofty Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge had never been planted to vines before, but recognising the vast potential, they set out with tenacity and determination to transform it into a model wine farm. No easy feat, but then the Swiss-born JC and South African-born Carolyn (née Finlayson) both come from wine pioneering stock spanning at least three generations and two continents!

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