Darling Cellars Reserve Bushvine Chardonnay 2024

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Technical Analysis

Winemaker - André Scriven

Main Variety - Chardonnay

Alcohol - 13.08 %vol

pH - 3.57

RS - 3.1 g/l

Total Acid - 6.2 g/l

SO2 - 150 mg/l

Free SO2 - 45 mg/l

Appellation - Darling

Characteristics

Type - White

Style - Dry

Body - Light

Taste - Fruity

Tasting Notes

An array of white pears, pineapple and lemon are the flavours on the nose that will follow through on the palate. A fruitful wine with a good mid palate, that ends off with a zesty lemon finish.

Blend Information

100% Chardonnay

Food Suggestions

This wine is the perfect companion with a gourmet chicken salad or Indian curry dish. Will also pair well with fish and seafood.

In The Vineyard

Terroir: Deep, decomposed granite soils on the slopes of the Darling Hills, with a cooling effect in the warm afternoons from the Atlantic Ocean in close proximity.
Vineyard type: Bush Vine with no irrigation

About The Harvest

Yield: 9t/ha
Balling at Harvest: 23°B

In The Cellar

Destalk and crush, 15 days fermentation
Maturation: Kept on light lees for 3 months for fuller mouth feel and complexity.

Additional Information

Darling Cellars Reserve is a wine range of straight varietals where the focus is on fruit-driven, varietal true, value-for-money wines. The grapes were harvested from dryland farmed vineyards in Darling, where the vines are not trellised and planted as bush vines.

Other Vintages

Wine	Wine Maker	Main Variety
Darling Cellars Reserve Bushvine Chardonnay 2025	Anthony Meduna, André Scriven	Chardonnay
Darling Cellars Reserve Bushvine Chardonnay 2024	André Scriven	Chardonnay