Baobab Chardonnay 1997

Baobab is a medium-sized winery, producing about 20,000 cases per year. The winery is located near Worchester, less than two hours from Cape Town, and has warm days and cool nights during the growing season. Many of the vineyards are family owned, and often the wines are single vineyard.

Baobab wines are highly rated, great quality and outstanding values. The fruit comes from the Western Cape appellation of South Africa, and are exciting and vibrant wines. The winemaker, Albie Treurnicht, aims to produce sophisticated, food-friendly wines that are full of flavor. South Africa has been making quality wines for over 300 years, but recently have shown tremendous growth in the US market as the wines are being discovered by American wine drinkers.