Hamilton Russell Chardonnay South Africa 6 / Case

750ML
SKU: 008941918102
Origin: SOUTH AFRICA

Soil: low-vigour stony clay-rich shale-derived soil growing season: 2016 was another unusually early and short harvest – almost exactly the same timing as 2015. But as is wonderfully the case with nature the character of the 2016’s is surprisingly different to the 2015’s. For the winelands in general the story was of excessive heat and extreme dryness. But this was not the case for our appellation the hemel-en-aarde valley. Close proximity to the cool south atlantic kept the maximum temperatures in line and we also benefitted from timely rain from the southeast which seldom reaches the warmer inland areas. January was quite a bit warmer than our long-term average (the same as for 1998 and 2011) but it was not drier than average. And the crucial month of february was wetter than average without being warmer – as was march. Our main dam was almost full at the end of harvest. A relatively warm december followed by a hot january was probably the main factor in making 2016 an ear

Soil: low-vigour stony clay-rich shale-derived soil growing season: 2016 was another unusually early and short harvest – almost exactly the same timing as 2015. But as is wonderfully the case with nature the character of the 2016’s is surprisingly different to the 2015’s. For the winelands in general the story was of excessive heat and extreme dryness. But this was not the case for our appellation the hemel-en-aarde valley. Close proximity to the cool south atlantic kept the maximum temperatures in line and we also benefitted from timely rain from the southeast which seldom reaches the warmer inland areas. January was quite a bit warmer than our long-term average (the same as for 1998 and 2011) but it was not drier than average. And the crucial month of february was wetter than average without being warmer – as was march. Our main dam was almost full at the end of harvest. A relatively warm december followed by a hot january was probably the main factor in making 2016 an ear

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