Hamilton Russel Chardonnay 2022
Case of 6 x 75cl
Hamilton Russell
£236
Rubicon 2018
Meerlust, meaning ‘pleasure of the sea’, has been owned by the Myburgh family since 1756 and is now run by Hannes Myburgh 8th generation. The winery caught the attention of international critics in the 1980s. After Nico Myburgh returned from Bordeaux, where he worked with renown eonologist Michel Rolland, he decided to create a new blend using Bordeaux varietals. These are particularly well-suited to the local climates defined by the ocean breezes and evening mists which roll in from the coast, allowing the grapes to slowly ripe and develop concentrated flavours.
Their flagship is named after the Rubicon river in Rome which was crossed by Julius Cesar and changed the course of history of the Roman empire. Aged for 18 months in oak barrels (including 10 months after the blend). Aromas of violets, ripe plum, cedar wood, fennel, and intense spiciness. Full-bodied, structured but packed with fresh dark fruit and rounded tannins and seamlessly integrated oak.
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South Africa
South Africa is one of the most prominent wine-producing countries in the Southern Hemisphere. With more than 300 years of winemaking history, it is often described as bridging the gap between the Old World and New. The majority of wines are made using New World winemaking techniques but often have more in common stylistically with their Old World counterparts.
South Africa's wine industry is distributed around the lush, rugged landscape of the Western Cape. Here, the abundance of mountains, valleys and plateaus allow winemakers to produce a diverse range of styles. Vineyards are also found in the Northern Cape's Orange River region, where the flat, barren landscape is dominated by the Kalahari Desert. Most of South Africa's wine-producing regions have a Mediterranean climate, significantly influenced by the meeting of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
The country's signature variety is Pinotage, an indigenous crossing of Pinot Noir and Cinsaut that is rarely found in quantity in any other wine-producing country. Shiraz is widely planted also, as are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
However white grape varieties account for 55 percent of the country's 96,000 hectares (237,000 acres) of vineyards. Chenin Blanc is the republic's most planted grape with 18.5 percent of all plantings. South African Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc have become popular internationally in recent years.
Western Cape
The Western Cape's wine regions stretch 300 kilomers (185 miles) from Cape Town to the mouth of the Olifants River in the north, and 360km (220 miles) to Mossel Bay in the east. Areas under vine are rarely more than 160km (100 miles) from the coast. Further inland, the influence of the semi-arid Great Karoo Desert takes over. The climate can be cool and rainy (as in Cape Point and Walker Bay) but is more often than not Mediterranean in nature.
The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent.
A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or full-bodied and gutsy. The Western Cape's elegant, ageworthy Cabernet Sauvignon wines and Bordeaux Blends were at the vanguard as exports recommenced in the mid-1990s, while Burgundy-style Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Walker Bay are gaining global acclaim, and cool-climate style Sauvignon Blanc from Darling and Overberg is rivaling that made in any other New World country.
