Chardonnay Silverboom Special Reserve

Chardonnay Silverboom

Chardonnay Silverboom from South Africa is elegant straw yellow in the glass with beautiful golden streaks.

Scent: Notes of citrus, green apples and melted butter.
Taste: Here, the wine is experienced as creamy and deliciously full without being bombastic. The same notes as in the fragrance are recognized here and are complemented by a nice balance between sweetness and acidity. A beautiful and harmonious wine, where the oak is finely integrated into a long and persistent aftertaste.
Server for: Light dishes, such as salads, pasta, fish and poultry and good party wine..

Serving temperature: 6-8ºC.

The wine:

The vines from which the Chardonnay grapes for this wine come grow in the well-drained fields of the Swartland, where the soil is characterized by slate and granite. The grapes are harvested in the early morning hours in mid-February. Immediately after the harvest, the grapes are brought to the winery, where they are de-stemmed and pressed carefully to avoid crushing the seeds. The must rests overnight before the grape pomace is filtered off and the must is transferred to stainless steel fermentation tanks. Here, the wine undergoes a controlled fermentation at a low temperature of approx. 18 degrees, this process typically takes 3-4 weeks. After fermentation, the wine ages in oak barrels for five months before it is bottled and released to the market.

The area:

Swartland literally means "black land" and is named after the local dark "Rhino bush" that darkens the landscape, especially if the bushes are seen from a distance. The Swartland area begins approx. 50 kilometers north of Cape Town and is one of the newer wine regions in South Africa. The area is cultivated according to traditional regulations, and the fields are only irrigated sporadically.

In recent years, Swartland has garnered great recognition for their wines, and today we can buy wines of absolute top quality and with great typicality for South Africa.