Monkeyshed Wines

Neil Ellis Wines has a huge reputation and this shows you why. The Elgin Chardonnay is made from grapes which come from the slopes of the mountains behind Somerset West. The cooler climate of these higher slopes makes for a slower, longer ripening period and more subtle, elegant wines – this has real class.
What I really like about cooler climate new world wines is the restraint and elegance they get. Always there will be signature new world fullness and ripeness but with a cooler region this often over exploited promise is tempered and some old world elegance creeps in – voila might not be out of place!