Grown in the heart of Hunter Valley wine country, this Chardonnay is low-yielding, meaning we get an excellent concentration of fruit flavours.
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This Chardonnay is whole bunch pressed and fermented in a mix of new and one year old large format French oak. With occasional stirring on the lees, we get a lovely creamy character with toasty oak characters. The perfect partner to the white peach and citrus blossom notes. ⁠
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Ideal for enjoyment now or careful cellaring for up to 5 years.

Vintage

A wetter than average winter season followed by cool and
windy conditions resulted in smaller than normal bunch
and berry sizes allowing for concentration of grape flavours
and high natural acids. A window of warm weather in early
January provided extremely high quality white grapes,
particularly Chardonnay and Semillon, with the wines
displaying complexity and concentration of flavours as well
as fine framed structures which will enable long term bottle
aging. Overall, a high quality vintage that is accessible young
but will provide plenty of enjoyment after careful cellaring.

Vineyard

Our Chardonnay is grown on well-drained sandy loam soils
located in the heart of Hunter Valley wine country NSW.
The crop yields are relatively low, producing excellent
concentration of fruit flavour.

Winemaking

Whole bunch pressed directly to 228L french oak barriques
for wild yeast fermentation at 18-22ºC for 10 days. The
fermentation was carried out in new and 1 year old French
oak casks. The wine received extended maturation on
yeast lees with occasional lees stirring. After 10 months
in the oak casks the wine was racked to a stainless
steel vessel, stabilised, fined and filtered for bottling.

Cellaring

Excellent drinking whilst young, this wine will develop in bottle
medium to long term with careful cellaring.
Alcohol: 13.0%/VOL. | STD. Drinks: 7.3 | Bottled: June 2022
pH: 3.28 | TA: 6.4 g/L