Wine Composition

100% Chardonnay

Winemakers Comments

Ripe Gooseberries, fresh spice with hints of oak and lemon curd. Light to medium bodied, packed with tropical fruit and spirts of floral sensations. Overall morish, fun and it leaves a plush finish

Technical Analysis

Alcohol Percentage: 14.16 % 

TA: 6.6 g/l

PH: 3.39 

RS: 3.4 g/l

Vinification 

The grapes were harvested by hand at 23.5° to 24.5° Balling. The grapes were divided into four different parts and each crushed, clarified and fermented separately in 300- litre French oak barrels. A combination of first-fill (40%), second-fill (30%) and third & fourth fill (30%) barrels were used and the wine remained on the lees for 11 months. 

The barrels were rolled or stirred regularly to suspend the lees in order to gain complexity, better integrated oak flavours and to add to the mouth-feel of the wine. Partial malolactic fermentation contributed to the wine’s complexity, softened the acidity and contributed to the sweet, rich and full finish

Winemaker

Tim Whitfield 

Winery

Plaisir Wine Estate which means "The Pleasure of the Blackbird" is one of the largest wine farms in the Western Cape at 974 hectares with some 400 hectares under vine. The remaining hectares are largely untouched to preserve the indigenous flora and fauna. The diverse terroir of the area is characterised by an interplay of climatic conditions, the slopes have well-drained granite weathered soils making it the perfect environment for exceptional grapes to thrive.