Skin Contact Chardonnay

Pork, Rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), Vegetarian, Poultry

9 months in 225L French oak barrels

Picked and delivered to the cellar on 19th March 2022, the fruit was destalked and crushed. Skins, seeds and pulp were then transferred directly to two small fermenters to await the beginning of spontaneous fermentation. No additions were made to the ferment. Upon completion everything was gently pressed off to older 225L French oak barrels to begin a maturation period that lasted 9 months. No malolactic fermentation occurred. We believe we have created an individual and rare wine with a story to tell of soil, place and an ancient winemaking technique.

Hemel-en-Aarde is Afrikaans for “heaven and earth” and the claim is justified. Our estate sits on a particularly heavenly stretch of land beneath a lofty peak of the Babylon’s Tower mountain range. In addition to its unrelenting beauty Ataraxia is home to some of the most spectacular terroirs South Africa has to offer. In 2004 The Skyfields Farm was visioned into the Ataraxia wine label when husband and wife Kevin and Hanli Grant and a few friends purchased this 47-hectare prime vineyard property. More than a decade later we are associated with crafting wines of incredible finesse balance and depth; wines that proudly hold their own on the international wine stage.