Details

  • Type: White
  • Country: South Africa
  • Region: Western Cape
  • Vintage: 2018
  • Producer: Kleine Zalze
  • Primary grape: Chardonnay
  • Bottle size: 75cl
  • Code: 31445
  • Awards:
    • 2018, Commended Sommelier Wine Awards 2019
  • Ethical Ethical
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  • Sulphites Sulphites
  • Milk Milk
  • Egg Egg

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Expression

Juicy, fruit-driven, ripe whites

  • Fruity nature makes these flexible with many cheeses. Semi-soft cheeses e.g. Brie, Camembert. Chaumes, Cheddar, Comte
  • Firm white fish grilled, seared, baked or casseroled. Fish cakes, paella, salmon, scallops, sea bass, sea bream
  • Basil, coriander, cumin, ginger, lemongrass, mustard, tarragon
  • Grilled, braised, roast, seared white meats: chicken, pork, turkey, veal. Duck, gammon, goose
  • BBQ, chestnut sauce, fish-based sauces, creamy sauces e.g. carbonara, hollandaise, parsley sauce, pesto
  • Thai dishes (sweeter). Chinese (Cantonese). Mild or creamy Indian dishes e.g. chicken korma, tandoori fish, red-lentil dahl
  • Caesar, chicken, egg, fish or seafood salad. Carrot, endive, leek, lentils, onion tart, parsnip, sweetcorn, risotto

About the Wine

Chardonnay

Shar-doe-nay

Chardonnay can produce quality wines in a wide range of climates, with a real varied style. In cool climates like Champagne or Chablis it produces a lean steely wine with pronounced acidity. In warmer climates it develops buttery, honey notes whereas hotter climates, it's richer in body with the flavour of tropical fruits.

Flavours:

  • Butter Butter
  • Green Apple Green Apple
  • Minerals Minerals
  • Pineapple Pineapple
  • Vanilla Vanilla
Kleine Zalze

The team believe the key to selling wine in the on-trade is to understand how the wine behaves on the floor and owning their own hotel/restaurant gives them opportunity to practise, they can stand alongside Matthew Clark customers and understand their work. Winemaker, Alastair Rimmer, likes the diversity that terroir affords, his focus keenly attuned to the styles of wine that work in various markets, as well as reflecting the unique, intrinsic terroir of the wines he produces

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The Country

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South Africa

A whole generation of enthusiastic, young winemakers are crafting amazing wines on incredible sites whilst putting sustainability high on their agenda, making the South African wine industry progressive and exciting.

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