Epicurean Chardonnay

Fruit sourced from Elgin with Bokkeveld Shale soils that are 70% gravel. Wine did not go through malolactic fermentation so as to maintain minerality and freshness but has 10 month lees contact,  with regular battonage, giving it a round mouth feel despite the minerality. Maturation was 23%  New French  Oak Barrel, 52% Second fill barrels  and balance split between Noblot and Foudre. The wine is more in the Burgundian style with minerality, long in the mouth and complex. An Elegant chardonnay.