Limitados Chardonnay

Serve well chilled with shellfish.

Our Chardonnay vineyard is planted on almost pure, hard limestone soil which imparts a distinctive minerality and juicy acidity to the grapes and eventual wine. This 11 year-old vineyard is located only 9 km from the ocean on a 7 degrees south-facing slope. Harvest time is determined purely on taste, the culmination of regular sampling by the winemaker to ensure the character of the grapes correlate with the wine style he envisions. The grapes were picked in the crisp early morning hours to capture the full varietal flavour spectrum at its freshest and most vibrant.

An approach of minimal intervention is followed to let the vineyard origin of this Chardonnay truly take centre stage in the wine. The limestone soils provide the ideal canvas to work with as the natural acidity and structured minerality intertwine beautifully with the elegant use of French Oak. Linearity with complexity to produce age-worthy Chardonnay, is foremost in the winemaker's mind when crafting this limited production offering.

Situated on the lime-rich soils on the cliff banks of the Duivenhoks River, Baleia is a unique terroir standing alone on this beautiful district of the Cape South Coast. A stone’s throw away from Sebastian’s Bay and the towns of Vermaklikheid and Stilbaai, the wines smell of the ocean!