Reserve Chardonnay

Serve this wine with a seafood bisque, or enjoy with brie on a French baguette, served with fresh pear or apple. This wooded Chardonnay will also complement roast pork served with applesauce, or a butter chicken dish. Serve between 10-12 ˚C.

With an ideal Mediterranean microclimate, an abundance of soil diversity and water from the life-giving Breede River, the Alvi’s Drift vineyards are ideally positioned for producing remarkable wines of unique character and complexity.

Optimally ripe grapes, hand-picked in the cool, early morning hours to preserve its crisp acidity are pressed, with preference given to free-run juice. The exception to the other wines in our Reserve range, this wooded Chardonnay is 100% barrel fermented in French oak, lending a beautiful complexity to the final product.

Alvi’s Drift is a third-generation, family-owned winery in South Africa’s Breede River Valley. Named after the bridge connecting the farm, our 410-hectare estate lies in the cool-climate Scherpenheuvel ward, where diverse soils shape our award-winning wines. From crisp whites to elegant reds, MCCs, and sparkling wines, each bottle reflects a love for craft and terroir. Led by winemaker Alvi van der Merwe, we blend tradition with innovation—doing more than expected, because we’re doing what we love.