Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2017
COLOUR: Rich straw gold.
AROMA: Intense and complex, this wine displays aromas of ripe peach, fig, toasted almond, vanilla and oatmeal on the nose.
PALATE: :A concentrated palate that displays excellent depth and weight, wonderfully complemented by a creamy mouthfeel and bright acidity
ANALYSIS: Alc. 13.5% | pH 3.14 | TA 7.0
WINEMAKER NOTES: The fruit for this wine was hand-harvested and whole bunch pressed, allowing clean and intensely flavoured juice to be pressed from the grape. The juice was fermented in French oak barriques, with a combination of indigenous and cultured yeast, followed by extended barrel aging on yeast lees. Maturation allowed the oak flavours to gently integrate with the fruit and yeast lees characters and develop increased richness and complexity in the wine.
VITICULTURALIST NOTES: The 2017 season was characterised by a cold spring and cool growing season, resulting in low natural cropping levels. A long Autumn produced excellent conditions, allowing the fruit to ripen over an extended period of time providing clean fruit that looked exceptionally bright and vibrant. A season that rewarded vigilance, lower cropping levels and an earlier ripening period before any late Autumn rain.
