Chardonnay with it all- flinty, a bit of oak and powerful fruit

Chardonnay with it all- flinty, a bit of oak and powerful fruit

Scored 96 Points by James Suckling. Read the review.

Scored 95 Points by Halliday Wine Companion (Katrina Butler). Read the review.

Vineyard: Lenswood

Planted: 1998 & 2019

Soil type: A mix of Sandy iron stone / sandstone, Sandy loam on clay

Picking date: April 5 & 13, 2023

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Time on skins: No

Processing: Crush and destemmed

Pressing: Only take free run juice

Cooling / settling: Settled off dirt and heavy solids for 24 hours

Ferment vessel: French puncheons for 3 weeks

Aging vessel: French puncheons for 12 months on lees, then stainless steel for 6 weeks on fine lees

Filtration: No

Fining: No

Bottled: July 2024

Alc: 12.8

pH: 3.2

TA: 6.8

SO2: 30F / 60T

Production: 330 dozen