Chardonnay Reserve

Cream-based pasta dishes, crayfish and lemon butter prawns.

Gentle slopes exposed to the micro-climate of the Atlantic Ocean results in the vineyards being influenced by the cool air-flows and morning mists so typical of a maritime climate. In summer a firm south-easter wind fans the vines ensuring temperate and sunny ripening conditions. Along with dryland farming on soils of decomposed granite with a high clay content, the vines offer intensely flavoured fruit, resulting in wines of elegance, character and structure.

10 months, oak maturation in 1st and 2nd filled 500L French Oak. The wine was aged sur lie (on the lees) and stirred up to enhance mouth feel and concentration.

The grapes were handpicked at optimum phenolic ripeness. Crushed and de-stemmed. Pressed and pumped into new 500L French Oak barrels for alcoholic fermentation in the barrels.

Diemersdal is a Durbanville wine estate with six generations of Louw family winemaking behind it, dating back to 1885. Part of Wine of Origin Cape Town, the estate is shaped by cooling Atlantic mist and is best known for expressive Sauvignon Blanc, cool-climate reds and a clear Durbanville signature.