| Name: | The Eleanor chardonnay | | Vintage: | 2006 | | Awards: | 4 1/2 Stars - Platters SA Wine Guide (2009), RSA | | Production: | Limited to 20 barrels | | Barrel Ageing: | 13 months in 100% new French oak | | Maturation: | Recommended 2 to 8 years from vintage | | Alcohol: | 14.00% by volume | | Residual Sugar: | 2.80 g/l | | Total Acid: | 5.60 g/l | | PH: | 3.34 | Food Matching
Oysters, Scallop and Chardonnay risotto with a basil cream sauce, Cape linefish, Cheeses. | Tasting Note
Awarded 4 1/2 Stars in Platter's SA Wine Guide (2009), this complex and full-bodied super premium wine shows fruit richness, layers of citrus, and classic minerality.
| Independent Tasting Note
Ferm, lemon tones shot through with lime and almonds. Every bit as poised as the 2005... - Platter's SA Wine Guide (2009) | | | | | | This highly limited release represents the best two (of five) Chardonnay clones on Hartenberg, planted 219 metres above sea level in deep red clay (Tukulu) loam soils on the estate's West-facing slope.
Selected for their consistent quality and flavour, the two chosen clones - one Burgundian and the other Californian - have consistently produced the best Chardonnays for Hartenberg. The good stuff.
Hand-picked in the early morning so as to capture the more delicate Flavours lost in the heat of the day, the grapes of each clone were vinified separately before blending. |
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