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Excelsior Calcrete Chardonnay 2024

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Excelsior Calcrete Chardonnay 2024
Treat yourself to this thrilling Cape Chardonnay, South Africa’s answer to Chablis. Same grape; same limestone soil and brilliantly made by Johann Stemmet. It’s pure fruit, no oak, with a crisp, lime-zipped radiance and core of mineral freshness.  
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Wine Details

  • White - Dry
  • South AfricaSouth Africa
  • Pale Straw
  • Chardonnay
  • 10.5 Units
  • Vegan
  • 14% ABV
  • 750 ml
  • Vegetarian
  • 31 December 2026

Flavour Profile

Tasting notes
Very citrusy fresh, lemon and green apple, minerality
Aroma
Zesty lemon, crisp apple, oyster shell, wet stone
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Wine
Excelsior Estate has been making world-class for 160 years, since its foundation in Robertson in 1859, while their ancestor planted the first vine in 1697! Calcrete Chardonnay is one of their best yet. The grapes are from a special patch of earth – soil that shares much in common with Chablis. Many millions of years ago, both were under the sea. As the water receded, the fossil shells remained and today comprise a special limestone, they call calcrete. In a wine its presence results in a taut core of freshness, a style that Excelsior’s winemaker aptly calls ‘bottled lightning’! Like good Chablis, this fabulous Calcrete Chardonnay is unoaked, focusing instead on its dazzling lime-zipped freshness and apple fruit. A brilliant seafood wine.
Excelsior Estate has been making world-class for 160 years, since its foundation
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South Africa's answer to Chablis – dazzling lime-zipped freshness and elegance

Becca Reeves, Buyer

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