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Vergelegen Chardonnay Reserve 2005

Вергелеген Шардоне Резерва 2005

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Producer:
Vergelegen
Country:
South Africa (Южна Африка) 
Vintage:
2005
Variety:
Chardonnay (Шардоне)
Added by varnenec
31 May 2009

Winemaker's notes:
The wine shows an attractive lemony yellow-green colour with a complex nose of citrus, vanilla, butterscotch, tropical fruit and mineral tones. On the palate the taste is long and full with no excessive wooding. It is complex and powerful yet still elegant.

Winemaker: Andre van Rensburg
Alcohol: 13.5

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How to drink it
Food: Artichokes, Chicken, Cold Meats, Crab, Lobster, Nuts, Olives, Other White Fish, Oysters (Raw), Pasta with Cream Sauce, Pasta with Shellfish, Quiche, Red Snapper, Scallops, Shrimp, Striped Bass, Tuna, Turkey, Veal
Cheese: Gruyere, Mild Cheddar, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Provolone
Temperature: 12 °C
Wine aging
From the Reading Room
The use of wine barrels (especially oak barrels) to store and age wine is a centuries old tradition (and solution). Wine aged in oak barrels is enhanced with the addition of vanilla and oak overtones. Wooden Wine Barrels also allow for a small amount of evaporation of the contents during the aging ...
Comments & Ratings
1Gourmetlover
01 Jun 2009
 
2varnenec
01 Jun 2009
 
3Anonymous
(95.43.212.68)

20 Sep 2010
 

Няма друго такова шардоне от ЮАР
4Anonymous
(81.86.224.148)

15 Jan 2011
 
5Anonymous
(81.86.224.148)

11 Mar 2011
 
6Anonymous
(88.80.122.88)

11 Mar 2011
 

Това някаква шега ли е? Реколта 2005.Не е ли имало на кого да го продадат досега?