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Morestond Chardonnay Doolhof 2025
An intriguing flinty minerality gently supports elegant aromas of citrus, apricots, and pear. The palate is full and creamy, and the fresh acidity leans a beautiful balance to the wine. The oaking is underlying and leans to support and uplift the fruit characters.
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Doolhof
Nestled in the Cape mountains where night stars replace the city’s bright lights, Doolhof is an award-winning wine estate set at the foot of the Limietberg mountain range. Due to its magical location, the micro-climate offers some of the most exceptional growing areas, which is expressed in the wines. Doolhof (‘Labyrinth’) was so named as a reference to the beautiful convoluted hills and valleys that surround it. Its proud history dates back to the early 18th Century when grapes suitable for the production of wine were introduced by Huguenot settlers from 1712. The varying microclimates, growing conditions, and soil types make it ideal for growing wine grapes. With a focus largely on Malbec and Pinotage, their winemaking philosophy is sustainably orientated with varietal expressiveness at its core.
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is the world's most famous white-wine grape and also one of the most widely planted. Of course, the most highly regarded expressions of the variety are those from Burgundy and California, but many high-quality examples are made in Italy, Australia, New Zealand and parts of South America. Describing the flavours of Chardonnay is not easy. This is not thanks to the complexity of the varietal itself but usually due its susceptibility to winemaking techniques - such as Malolactic fermentation which gives distinctive buttery aromas or Fermentation or maturation in oak barrels which contributes to the wine with smokey notes of vanilla, honey and even cinnamon, and not last the lees contact while in barrel imparts biscuity, doughy flavours. And all these incorporated with the varietal aromas of tropical (banana, pineapple and guava) to stone fruits (peach, nectarine and apricot), sometimes even citrus and apple notes. Climate plays a major role in dictating which fruit flavours a Chardonnay will have - warm regions (California, Australia ) make more tropical styles; temperate zones (southern Burgundy, New Zealand) - stone fruit notes, while the very coolest (Chablis, Champagne) lean towards green-apple aromas.
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