Journey's End V1 Chardonnay Stellenbosch South Africa 2019

HK$188.00

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MSC974-19

Clear and bright, straw with a hint of green. Expressive fruit, initially lemon and citrus, but under that itʼs more tropical and pineapple, all seamed through with crushed almond, savoury oak tones. This is a layered, complex wine, the result of cool-grown fruit carefully handled, plus barrel selection. The palate is silky, with a tangy finish from the fruit and acid combination, extending the flavours.

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Grapes were handpicked early morning form 2 different blocks. The one block was picked at 22.5 balling which gives the citrus/minerality character to the wine. The other block was picked at 24.5 balling and contributes to the riper fruit flavours in the wine. After the grapes were hand sorted and destemmed it was only lightly pressed to ensure good quality free run juice. The Juice was settled for 72 hours with a settling enzyme before it was racked. Half of the total blend was “wild fermented” and the other half was inoculated with a Chardonnay selected yeast. The fermentation process started in stainless steel tanks and then it was racked into 300 L French oak barrels once fermentation was underway. After fermentation only 20 % of the blend went through malolactic fermentation. Some of the barrels were battonage to add complexity. The Wine was oak matured for 9 months in 30 % new French oak barrels.

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Winery	Journey's End
Country	South Africa
Region	Stellenbosch
Wine Type	White Wine
Grape variety	Chardonnay
Bottle Size	Bottle
Vintage	2019

Winery

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Journey's End estate were purchased and replanted by the Gabb family in 1996. Beautiful location in the Helderberg Basin near Sir Lowry's Pass benefits from south-facing slopes and cool coastal breezes. The Schaapenberg terroir with its sea-facing slopes and excellent soils has started to draw comparison with some of Bordeaux's best, with some exceptional wines emerging from the area.

Journey' End aims to produce top-quality wine with the philosophy of having minimal interference winemaking. In addition of using only the highest quality oak barrels, Jouney' End also employed clay eggs and amphorae pots to increase complexity and sophistrication for wines that does not benefit from the new oak flavours.

Production volume is small and typically no more than 25,000 dozen bottles of estate wine are produced in a typical vintage.