Chardonnay

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

Our unique terroir and cool climate consistently provides concentrated grapes full of flavour with a distinct freshness enabling us to produce a Chardonnay which is crisp with an enticing complexity.

The wine was aged for 9 months before blending and bottling.

Made mostly from the newly planted Chardonnay vineyards located on the southern slopes, approximately 120m above sea level. The grapes were whole bunch pressed with the must left on the grape lees at 6C for a period of 1 week before racking off for fermentation in stainless steel tanks. It was then transferred to 60% new 500L barrels for further aging. Malolactic fermentation was avoided in order to maintain the freshness of the wine.

Dating back to 1685 and described as one of the world’s most beautiful wine estates Klein Constantia is set amidst ancient trees on the upper foothills of the Constantiaberg with views across False Bay. The perfect location for cool climate wines Klein Constantia produces some of South Africa’s top wines including one of the world’s best natural sweet wines Vin de Constance.