Burgundy and Champagne
Timed Online Auction, 28 August - 9 September 2024
Burgundy - White
About the SessionBurgundy is home to one of the world's greatest white grapes: Chardonnay.
About this Item
Richard Kershaw was a successful chef in the UK before working as a cellar-hand in California, Chile, France, Germany and Hungary. He relocated to South Africa in 1999 and is currently one of only ten Masters of Wine who actively produce their own wine. Focusing on cool climate, site-specific, clonally-selected wines, Richard hit the ground running in Elgin valley, immediately gaining a reputation as one of South Africa’s finest Chardonnay producers and most knowledgeable winemakers.
The Kershaw Clonal Selection Chardonnay is celebrated for its quality, precision, and ability to showcase the unique characteristics of Elgin's terroir. It's a wine that appeals to enthusiasts of cool-climate Chardonnay for its purity of fruit, balance, and depth. The wine is crafted from a selection of 8 small parcels of various Dijon clones.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
‘Refined understatement in stellar 2012, reflecting minimal but careful crafting (of Dijon clones CY95, CY96 and CY76), allowing fine acidity, minerality and judicious oak (40% new) to perfectly frame and support citrus and white peach fruit. Precise and classy. Delicious now and for many years.’ - Platter’s SA Wine Guide 2014, 5*
‘English Master of Wine, Richard Kershaw, has produced one of South Africa’s best Chardonnays at only his second attempt, harnessing Dijon clones to make a refined, deftly oaked pear, citrus and orange peel-like white. This is a brilliant wine that wouldn’t look out of place in a line-up of Puligny Premiers Crus.’ - Tim Atkin SA Special Report 2014, 95/100
'Nervy and tense with lemon and wet-stones notes from Richard Kershaw MW and one of South Africa's coolest regions. Lots of potential here. I'd hold it for quite a while though.' - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 16+/20 (May 2014)
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