The fruit for this wine is handpicked from our older vines. The wine is named in honour of Valerie Friend as a co-founder of Narkoojee. The Valerie series is reserved for small parcels of supreme quality wines. It was fermented by indigenous yeasts and matured in new and one year old French oak hogsheads. This is a beautifully balanced, intense and complex wine with a lovely creamy texture and natural mineral acidity.
2021 Valerie Chardonnay
Colour: Brilliant pale straw-green
Bouquet: Superbly complex showing citrus and white stone fruit with flinty notes, cucumber, almond and spicey French oakFlavour: Lemon Citrus and white stone fruit with plain yoghurt, a touch of peapod and spicey French oak
Texture: Intense, balanced and complex with a creamy texture, outstanding length and a flinty acidity
Alcohol: 13.5%