Description
Apricot, coconut and orange peel aromas on the nose are followed by flavours of marzipan, sponge cake and citrus rounded off with carefully judged oak and balanced, fresh acidity.
Ageing potential of 8 plus years from vintage, under ideal cellaring conditions.
This wine is an ideal culinary companion for creamy chicken dishes and meaty fish.
Rustenberg is a well-known producer of high-quality Chardonnays and the Stellenbosch Chardonnay embodies their house style. Careful tending and selection in the vineyard followed by traditional wild barrel fermentation and maturation produces a classic Chardonnay balancing the expression of fruit, freshness, full malolactic fermentation, and the influence of oak.
“The Rustenberg 2023 Stellenbosch Chardonnay opens to light tones of citrus, vanilla custard and sweet almond. The wine is medium-lean in texture and ends with refreshing acidity and lingering mineral tones. Fruit is sourced from various sites and fermented in barrel with 20% new oak. It stays in barrel for 10 months with frequent steering of the lees and is blended at the end. Drink to 2028.”
89 points.
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (June 2025)
“A toasty and flavorful chardonnay that has chopped nuts, buttered toast and ripe stone fruit on the nose, followed by a fresh, balanced and full-bodied palate. Sustainable. Delicious now. Screw cap.”
92 points.
James Suckling, August 2024.
