TASTING NOTES
Fruit intensity and purity stand resolutely at the forefront of this wine, yet it is the fine acidity and restrained minerality typical of Great Southern Chardonnay that sets it apart. The complex and layered bouquet is characterized by cool climate fruit notes of pink lady apple, poached pear, white grapefruit, and preserved lemons. Underneath the lofty, enticing fruit lies undercurrents of savoury oak in the form of oatmeal, struck match, caramel, sweet spice, and fresh pastry. The palate is built around this wine’s juicy natural acidity that glides from the front palate all the way through to a dry finish imparting notes of vanilla bean, nutmeal, and sweet citrus along the way.
COLOUR
NOSE
Fruit notes of pink lady apple, poached pear, white grapefruit, and preserved lemons
PALATE
The palate is built around this wine’s juicy natural acidity that glides from the front palate all the way through to a dry finish imparting notes of vanilla bean, nutmeal, and sweet citrus along the way.
WINE MAKING
The individual parcels of grapes are cooled, hand sorted, then whole bunch pressed to separate the finest free run juice. After minimal settling, the juices are allowed to ferment naturally in French oak: 33% new, 33% 1 year, 33% older. The oak is composed of barriques and puncheons, promoting subtle oak aromatics and texture but without aggressive oak on the palate. Wild fermentation is conducted at temperatures between 20C to 26C and the lees are stirred weekly from later in the fermentation until dry. The separate parcels are matured on lees in barrel and tank for 10 months and a portion of each batch undergoes malolactic con
