Cape Haven Wooded Chardonnay 2006
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A fresh lightly-oaked Chardonnay from South Africa. Full of fig, peach and tropical fruit aromas and flavors.
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Release Notes:
Wooded Chardonnay is a term used in Australia and South African to distinguish oak-matured Chardonnays from their unoaked counterparts. Cape Haven's example is a very light-oaked one; the majority of the wine ages on its lees for 2 months after fermentation while a small portion is matured with French Oak. The resulting wine strikes a balance between citrus and exotic fruit flavors and those of vanilla and oak.
Tasting Notes:
A pale golden colored wine with an attractive melon, citrus, fig and peach nose. On the palate, these flavors are rounded out by green melon and tropical fruit notes as well as some smooth vanilla. A rich dry wine that has a rather long finish. This white is a food wine – try it with a heavier fare like duck, swordfish or pasta with cream sauce.
Winery:
Cape Haven is a new winery owned by the Brinks family, farmers in Riebeek Valley for over a century. Originally believed to be too warm for quality wines, the hills around... Read more
Region:
North of cape town, the coastal Swartland district consists of a series of hills and bucolic valleys. Although the mountainous countryside reminded the first settlers of Austria, the climate and vegetation... Read more
Country:
Overview
While South Africa enters an uncertain political and economic future, the wines produced around the Cape Town are becoming better and better. Many wineries now produce wines which are at the... Read more
