Selected from a single site vineyard of Bernard 94 clone (Chablis) of Chardonnay situated near Charleston in the Adelaide Hills.
The fruit was hand harvester, with a portion of the juice (the unclarified part) sent to ferment in French oak (of which 20% was new). The pressings underwent a natural ferment. The wine matured in these barrels for 9 months with lees stirring for the first 6 months to build complexity.
Delicate, lightly spiced oak nose - a gentle almond paste and secondary stonefruit profile, lingering and wafting. Latterly it starts exhibiting a lime G&T profile, not entirely unpleasant I needn't add.
Calm, assured - unhurried. Gently ebbing along and across the palate. Nothing over-done here, a gentle inter-play of oak and citrus centric fruit. 91
Tasted on: Saturday 15th September
Source: Cellar Door
Price: $ 40
Alcohol: 12.5%
Closure: Screwap
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