Crystallum Ferrum Chardonnay
- White
- South Africa
- Overberg
- Chardonnay
- Tracked vintages
- 5
- Community notes
- 115
- Merchant offers
- 21
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 93/ 1002024 · nearest vintage with a critic score
- Real drinkers
- 86/ 100115 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £32per 75 cl2025 vintage · 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2026
- Drinking window
- UnknownNot recorded on any vintage we track
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 25 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: South African Chardonnay.
- Body3.9 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.7 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Sweetness2.3 / 5
- DrySweet
- Earth · minerals, saline, stone, honey, slate
- Citrus · citrus, grapefruit, lemon, lemon peel, lime
- Tree fruit · apricot, apple, pear, yellow peach, baked apple
- Oak · oak, butter, vanilla, baking spice, coconut
- Yeast and lees · cream, lemon curd, banana, cheese
- Tropical fruit · tropical, grilled pineapple, pineapple
Grapes: Chardonnay. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2021One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2025
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 2025£32 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2026
- 202493critic£31 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, May 2025
- 202392critic£51 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, April 2026
- 202285drinkers£42 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, October 2024
- 202195critic£47 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2025
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2021
- 95 / 100 from a critic
- Lowest price
- 2024
- £31 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | £32 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2026 |
| 2024 | £31 | 93 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, May 2025 |
| 2023 | £51 | 92 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, April 2026 |
| 2022 | £42 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, October 2024 |
| 2021 | £47 | 95 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2025 |
Where to go next
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