点评:South Africa's eminent #HouseofChardonnay 🥂
We managed to catch the end of these bright purple Jacaranda blossoms in their entranceway announcing that Summer (and December) is officially here.
As the first registered wine estate in the Robertson Wine Valley, De Wetshof has become known internationally as South Africa’s eminent Chardonnay House due to the pioneering role it played in introducing this noble Burgundian grape to the country.
Modern cellar technology and the use of the finest oak barrels ensures that De Wetshof’s wines showcase the fact that they are committed to bottling the best versions of nature’s gift from the vine.
80% of the farm is planted to Chardonnay, with various clones matched to specific sites on the property aimed at optimal expression of terroir. Regenerative farming aims to conserve the environment while ensuring grapes of distinctive character and then there's the soil..
..On De Wetshof their limestone-rich soil is complemented by shale and clay, each soil component expressed in its own Chardonnay in the De Wetshof range.
The result?
Six diverse and damn fine Chardonnays!
We finished up the day with a tutorial with Bennie, in the De Wetshof Wine Library with a line-up of some of our favourite Estate Chardonnays:
~ Limestone Hill
~ Calcrete
~ Bon Vallon
~ Finesse / Lesca
~ The Site
~ Bateleur
Home to some of their rare bottled treasures of older and sought-after wines, it's a treat to experience tasting these exclusive wine in the intimate atmosphere of their Wine Library today and I would highly recommend this experience to my fellow Chardonnay-lovers out there.
翻译:南非著名的#HouseofChardonnay 🥂
我们设法赶上了入口处这些亮紫色的蓝花楹花的尾端,它们宣告着夏天(和十二月)正式到来。
作为罗伯逊葡萄酒谷第一家注册的葡萄酒庄园,De Wetshof 因其在将这种高贵的勃艮第葡萄引入该国方面发挥的先锋作用,而被国际上誉为南非著名的霞多丽庄园。
现代酒窖技术和使用最好的橡木桶确保 De Wetshof 的葡萄酒能够展示出他们致力于装瓶大自然馈赠的最佳葡萄藤这一事实。
农场 80% 的土地上种植着霞多丽,各种克隆品种与庄园中的特定地点相匹配,旨在最佳地表达风土。再生农业旨在保护环境,同时确保葡萄具有独特的品质,然后就是土壤。
..在 De Wetshof,他们的石灰岩丰富的土壤与页岩和粘土相得益彰,每种土壤成分都在 De Wetshof 系列的霞多丽中体现出来。
结果?
六种不同且非常优质的霞多丽!
我们在 De Wetshof 葡萄酒图书馆与 Bennie 一起进行了一次教程,结束了一天的学习,我们最喜欢的庄园霞多丽如下:
~ Limestone Hill
~ Calcrete
~ Bon Vallon
~ Finesse / Lesca
~ The Site
~ Bateleur
这里是他们一些稀有的瓶装珍品,这些珍品都是陈年和抢手的葡萄酒,今天在葡萄酒图书馆的亲密氛围中品尝这些独家葡萄酒是一种享受,我强烈推荐这种体验给我的霞多丽爱好者。