Production: 60 cases
Availability: Winery direct and select restaurant accounts
Vintage: 2018
Variety or Blend: 100% Chardonnay
Vineyard Designation: Bock Vineyard
Region: Four Mile Creek
Vine Age: 15 years
Soil: Clay and loam with sand and gravel and sea shells
Wine Style: Dry
Barrel Aging: 10 months, 33% new French oak barrels
Alcohol Content: 12.5%
PH: 3.65
TA: 5.2 g/L
Ageing: Drink now through 2024
Serving Temperature: 10 – 16 degrees Celsius
Winemaking:
These grapes were harvested by hand with specific timing that incorporated ripe fruit flavours and fresh acidity. We hand harvested and whole cluster and we pressed the grapes in our gentle bladder press. A long, slow press cycle was used to allow maximum juice yield without compromising flavour extraction. The juice was cold settled in a stainless tank before racking into barrels for malolactic fermentation. The barrels were carefully monitored and tasted for 10 months before sulphur additions took place. After aging was complete, specific barrels were selected and blended back into tank. This unique blend had a light fining and filtering to preserve the wine without stripping the flavours and textures, before bottling.
Appearance:
Golden with yellow hue.
Aromas:
A bouquet of fresh orchard fruits, bees wax and honey with lightly toasted vanilla.
Palate:
Medium body balanced with acidity and texture from malolactic fermentation and barrel aging. Aromatics of ripe peach, white flowers and vanilla toast. Pair with a lemon and thyme roasted chicken with fingerling potatoes or a roasted pork tenderloin.
