{"product_id":"2024-art-of-chardonnay-walker-bay-creation-wines","title":"Art of Chardonnay, Walker Bay, Creation Wines 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCitrus and white orchard fruit with a wisp of smoke from the barrel, and a distinctly saline finish. The palate is cool and taut rather than broad, with vibrant acidity carrying the length. Chardonnay 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwiss-born winemaker Jean-Claude Martin and his South African wife Carolyn founded Creation in 2002 on the cool-climate Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge of Walker Bay, and the estate took seventh place in the Top 100 of the World's Best Vineyards Awards 2025. Virus-free vines climb the steep foothills of Babylonstoren Mountain in ancient quartzite and clay-rich soils cooled by Atlantic breezes; this Chardonnay comes from a small pocket within a single vineyard at 260 metres, its north-south rows on a southern aspect slowing ripening, over a 590-million-year-old quartzite seam and clay loam from decomposed Bokkeveld shale. Organic fertilisers and cover crops feed the soil, mechanical weed control replaces herbicides, and the grapes are picked by hand during the cool of the morning. Half the fruit fermented spontaneously, vinification took place in 70% second-fill and 30% new French oak barrels, and the wine then spent a further ten months on lees in French oak through malolactic fermentation before bottling without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10-12°C. Good with roast chicken, grilled line fish, crab linguine and a young goat's cheese. Drinking well now and for five to ten years; no decanting required. Sealed with a DIAM cork. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creation Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476539838847,"sku":"HNW-5542424A","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5542424A.jpg?v=1789923467","url":"https:\/\/www.edkawines.com\/products\/2024-art-of-chardonnay-walker-bay-creation-wines","provider":"Edka Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}