Klipkop Chardonnay

Shell fish, seafood, pork

Our Klipkop Chardonnay is an effort to silence those who think the traditional Chardonnay producing areas are the best one to produce quality Chardonnay. Partnering with Johan Van Zyl from the farm Heidedal in the high mountains of the Piekenierskloof Valley, we put much effort into this vineyard and winemaking to produce a very individually styled wine. The grapes are grown 700 meters above sea level on decomposed granite soils and were picked mid- February from a mature 25+ year old vineyard.

In the winery we did whole bunch pressing straight to French Oak barrels, without any additions - natural fermentation started slowly after five days and completed in 48 days after which the wine spent 10 months on the gross lees before preparing (with minimum intervention) for bottling. The lees were stirred occasionally, and malolactic fermentation took place in barrel.

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.