Karoo Chardonnay

Pairs well with seafood such as grilled fish, scallops, and shellfish. It also complements poultry dishes and creamy pasta.

This Sutherland Chardonnay comes from some of the most secluded vineyards in South-Africa. These vineyards are also the highest, growing on the Roggeveld escarpment at 1500 meters above sea level. It is here, 20 years ago that my dream to make a wine from a place where at night you can almost pick the stars by hand, so bright and pure is the atmosphere, where dreams are still realized in God’s most perfect timing, not ours, began.

In the winery we did whole bunch pressing straight to first and second fill French Oak Barrels, without any additions – natural fermentation started slowly after five days and completed in 30 days after which the wine spent 10 months on the gross lees before preparing (with minimum intervention) for bottling. The lees was stirred occasionally and no malolactic fermentation took place in barrel. The result is an honest wine and true to the king of white wines - Chardonnay – reflecting where it comes from.

Kruger Family Heritage dates back to the early 1700’s with the arrival of the first settlers to South Africa. Our wines are made from the best grapes grown in Stellenbosch Region matured in small oak barrels for 12–24 months.