Auntsfield Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2021
TASTING NOTE:
COLOUR: Rich straw gold
AROMA: Intense and complex, this wine displays aromas of peach skin, mandarin peel, and lemon tart, integrated with brioche and apricot nougat aromas from the French oak influence.
PALATE: Ripe and intense stone fruit flavours of peach and dried apricot complimented by subtle French oak influence giving hints of roasted hazelnut and fig. A tight and linier palate with underlying minerality concludes with seamless length.
ANALYSIS: Alc. 14% | pH 3.08 | TA 7.0 g/L
WINEMAKER NOTES:
The fruit for this wine was hand harvested and whole bunch pressed. The juice was fermented in French oak barrels with indigenous (Auntsfield vineyard) yeast. Followed by extended barrel ageing on yeast lees. Maturation allowed the oak flavours to subtly integrate with the fruit and yeast lees characters and develop depth and complexity in the wine.
VITICULTURALIST NOTES:
The 2021 season was another amazing vintage. Regular winter rainfall and an unseasonably cold spring kept cropping levels low. Summer was very dry but stayed relatively cool resulting in healthy vines with no disease or water stress. There was a slow progression into Autumn with a long drawn-out ripening period where the fruit reached optimum ripeness in perfect harvest conditions.
