Glenelly Glass Collection Unoaked Chardonnay 2022 - 750ml

Winemaker Notes

The Glass Collection Chardonnay has a bright and brilliant colour with a slight green hue. The wine has complex aromas of blossom, citrus peel and limestone. On the palate there is a beautiful round comforting texture with wonderful length and intense fruit complexity.

Weather Conditions – Simonsberg, Stellenbosch
• Following harvest 2021 the conditions were cool and dry, leading to later leaf fall than
 usual.
• Budding was even but occurred 7 days later than for the previous vintage.
• Continued low temperatures in spring, meant that flowering was delayed by 10 days.
• Significant rainfall had a challenging effect on flowering and berry set.
• Moderate temperatures throughout the early summer ensured a balanced growth.
• January and February were marked by dry and hot weather spell, with multiple heat
 spikes occurring over this period.
• However, even with those spikes, we did not see a significant acceleration in ripening.
• The yields were small but of high quality, and picking had to be timed carefully to
 ensure freshness in the resulting wines.

Winemaking
• The grapes were lightly crushed and gently pressed.
• The juice was transferred to two stainless steel fermenters where it underwent
 spontaneous fermentation (wild ferment from indigenous yeasts).
• The two tanks ran at different temperatures. One at 13 degrees and the other at
 16 degrees.
• The wine was not allowed to go through malolactic fermentation and was left on the
 lees until bottling took place.

Grape Varieties
100% Chardonnay