Beautiful nose with floral and citrus notes, then delicate and silky with lemon oil. This is so fine and long with so much texture and precision, and saline on the finish. This is the first vintage that Craig has not sold any grapes and so 8,000 bottles have been produced. 5% in new wood plus 10% in two amphora. This is the best yet; crystalline and clean, a unique South African Chardonnay which will age brilliantly.
"It's not the winemaker," says Craig Wessels, "I've just got great sites." His vineyards are certainly first class, but I think the man is being too modest here. Consistently one of the New World's best Chardonnays, this is complex, balanced and judiciously wooded with 10% amphorae-fermented juice adding some va-va-voom.
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