Cob Cottage Chardonnay 2022
COLOUR: Bright straw
AROMA: Concentrated aromas of stone fruit with ripe nectarine, white peach and rockmelon,
are complemented with nougat and biscotti wet stone and honeycomb.
PALATE: The palate is concentrated and beautifully textured with generous fruit weight. The
flow of the wine is supported by a fine acidity and saline minerality providing a superb fresh,
linear structure.
ANALYSIS: Alc. 14% | pH 3.24| TA 6.3
WINEMAKERS NOTES
The fruit is hand-picked and gently whole bunch pressed. The juice is put to barrel with
minimal settling and left to ferment spontaneously in French oak barrels (20% new oak).
After fermentation the wine is aged in barrel on yeast lees for 11 months, relaxing the tension
that this vibrant Mendoza clone Chardonnay exhibits, and giving palate weight balancing the
structure and complexity of this wine.
VITICULTURALISTS NOTES
This small block of vines is situated on a steep north facing hillside at Auntsfield Estate. The
soil here is made up of very dense Loess Clay with a high mineral content. The vines are old
and slow growing leading to a low cropping level of 2kg per vine. The resulting fruit is always
very clean with an unusual warm hue of colour at harvest. The bunches contain lots of very
small perfectly formed berries and a high skin to pulp ratio.
