Chardonnay

Excellent with rich flavoured fish dishes, bouillabaisse, scallops and calamari.

Grapes for this wine are sources from three vineyards in the Western Cape region: Elgin, Overberg and Paarl respectively.

After fermentation, the wine was matured in neutral oak. After 9 months on the lees, the wine was carefully racked, given a light fining and bottled with minimal filtration.

The wine was barrel fermented in mostly new oak, but the grapes from the Elgin vineyard (59%) add a balancing component of fresh, zesty acidity. The Overberg vineyard (23%) has Tafelberg Sandstone, whose stony soils contributes a flinty minerality to the wine. The Malmesbury Shale soils in Paarl (18%) have excellent water retention and produce rich, flavourful berries that make well balanced, elegant wines.All grapes were hand-picked and transported to the winery.

Kara-Tara is a joint-venture between Rüdger van Wyk (2018 Diners Club Young Winemaker of the Year) and José Conde of Stark-Condé Wines. Translated from the Khoisan, the language from the first people in Southern Africa, it means “deep dark shadows” and refers to the Karatara river that runs through Rüdger’s home town, near Knysna which is located in South Africa, on the Cape South Coast, facing the Indian Ocean.