Crystallum 'Clay Shales' Chardonnay 2025

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Crystallum 'Clay Shales' Chardonnay 2025PRODUCER'S NOTES Clay Shales Chardonnay is sourced from a single vineyard on the Hemel en Aarde Ridge, a site ideally positioned at high altitude, close to the cooling influence of the ocean and sheltered within a mountain shadow. The wine takes its name from the Bokkeveld shale and clay soils on which the vineyard is planted. Together, these soils provide the foundation for a Chardonnay of remarkable balance, precision and complexity, capable of

where spontaneous fermentation took place

having only been offered en primeur in recent years and therefore lacking the name recognition of some of its more famous neighbours

Bourgogne 2023

with aromas of verbena

it sits at the very top of my McLean Method value rankings

but I think it’ll be at it’s peak between 2028-2032

Marlborough 2022

Le C de Carmes Haut Brion

"Château Marsau has been a favourite of my customers for many years and few wines have shown such a consistent upward trajectory

but without ever becoming heavy or sweet

combining yellow apple

lifted by sweet spice and a gentle touch of oak