Oscar Browne Chardonnay

Grilled fish, roast chicken, shellfish or creamy vegetable dishes.

Oscar Browne is grown on east-facing Elgin vineyards at roughly 260 to 300 metres above sea level, on deep silica-quartz-encrusted Table Mountain Sandstone. The established blend draws on Chardonnay clones CY 95, 76 and 548.

Matured in barriques (228L) for approximately 11 months using a blend of 3 Burgundian cooperages. The oak used is of a tighter grain and medium toasted to complete its malolactic fermentation and maturation in oak barriques.

The Chardonnay bunches are chilled to 3°C over night before being tipped on a conveyor where the bunches are then hand sorted, for whole bunch pressing. After pressing, the settled juice is then racked into barrel for natural fermentation by indigenous yeasts. Undergoes 100% malolactic fermentation in barrel but no lees stirring.

Shannon Vineyards is an Elgin producer focused on cool-climate wines shaped by careful viticulture and site expression. Known especially for Pinot Noir, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc, Shannon produces precise South African wines that reflect the freshness and restraint of the Elgin Valley.