Quartz Stone Chardonnay

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

Sourced from the finest of Chardonnay vineyards, this wine showcases the characteristics of its quartz-rich, skeletal soils. The resilience of the growing season is evident in the glass. The run-up to the season was characterised by a moderate and dry winter and spring, resulting in drier-than-usual soil conditions at the onset of the growing season. This resulted in earlier bud-break and flowering, and as such also promising an earlier than usual harvest. 2024 was also one of the smallest Chardonnay harvests in recent years.

The grapes are hand-picked and hand-sorted, and only the first 50% of the gentle free-run juice is used. This juice is allowed to settle and ferment naturally, with 90% being aged in all-new French oak barriques and 10% in a specialised egg-shaped Nomblot tank. The wine remains on its gross lees for 12 months, after which a selection of individual barrels is made for clarification before bottling as Quartz Stone.

Glen Carlou is a Simonsberg-Paarl wine estate known for Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and classic South African red blends. With vineyards rooted in granite, quartz and koffieklip soils, the estate produces wines shaped by site, structure and a long-standing focus on balance.