Chardonnay

Mild risottos, chicken salads and seafood dishes.

Cool summer days with very little rain, resulting in ideal growing conditions for grapes.

10 months in barrel. 30% new French oak, balance in older barrels.

Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in 228L French oak barrels. The wine spends 10 months on its groos fermentation lees, with the lees being stirred on a regular basis.

Sutherland Vineyards is situated just 9 kms off the Atlantic Ocean with altitudes of 140 to 250 meters above sea level. The cool maritime climate allows for slower ripening than in other Cape Wineland areas producing wines with vibrant concentrated fruit flavours and an elegant minerality. All Sutherland wines are bottled and produced at the estate in Stellenbosch.