Lanzerac - Mrs English Chardonnay, Stellenbosch - 2018 (750ml)

Wine Composition

100% Chardonnay

Winemakers Comments

The grapes of the Lanzerac Mrs. English Chardonnay come from a single vineyard and produce a complex white wine, which already in the bouquet impresses with its fullness of citrus aromas. On the palate, this elegant and well-balanced white wine, which has matured for eleven months in French oak, convinces with its full body and a long finish. Therefore, the Lanzerac Mrs. English Chardonnay is a pleasure on its own, but the white wine is also a good choice with smoked salmon, fish or chicken. You can enjoy the Lanzerac Mrs. English Chardonnay with your favourite pasta as well.

Previous Awards

Tim Atkin | 90 points
John Platter 2019 | 93 pts

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage

13.5%

TA

5.6 g/l

pH

3.37

RS

2.0 g/l

Cellar Techniques

The whole bunches crushed without prior destemming to ensure a prominent fruit character as well as a well-rounded wine. After pressing, the juice was settled in stainless-steel tanks for 48 hours at 12 - 14°C before the clear juice was racked to French oak barrels. Each barrel was inoculated with different yeast strains. A third of the wine was fermented with natural yeasts. This ensures a 'softer' wine with complexity. The barrels used on the Chardonnay were 50% new and 50% 2nd fill. After fermentation in the barrels, the wine stayed on the lees. The wine was sulphured and left to mature in the barrels for eleven months. Batonnage was done every week for 12 months.

Winemaker

Name - Wynand Lategan

Winery

For centuries, Lanzerac has been a true icon of South African Winelands. This graceful estate has played host to untold numbers of Stellenbosch residents, as well as visitors from home and abroad, for more than 300 years. Lanzerac's recorded history began in 1692 when then Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, granted a piece of land in the pristine Jonkershoek Valley to Isaac Schrijver, an enterprising.

Originally named Schoongezicht, Lanzerac changed hands several times, with each owner contributing to the legacy and heritage of this unique property. While wine has been an integral part of this Estate since its beginning Lanzerac also holds significant historical value with all of the historical buildings representing distinctive examples of Cape Dutch architecture.

Today the Estate covers an area of about 150 hectares, of these, 50 hectares consist of vineyards. Noble cultivars that include Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Merlot, Pinotage, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot grace a variety of soil types and micro-climates.