Tasting Notes

Pale yellow

Lifted notes of white peach and nectarine.

The wine is medium bodied with refreshing flavours of white peach, nectarine and underlying nutty spicy oak. The palate is elegant and creamy with well balanced acidity leading to a warm and lingering finish

Perfect for drinking immediately, this Chardonnay will continue to reward in the coming years and is a perfect accompaniment to chicken and rich pasta dishes.

Sourced from the Kernick vineyard in Rapaura. A mixture of clone 6, Mendoza and clone 15 fruit was carefully monitored during ripening to ensure they were harvested at the peak of flavour development. After pressing and cold settling the juice was split to a mixture of tank and barrel for fermentation. This method is chosen to retain the purity of flavour. After primary fermentation, secondary malolactic fermentation was initiated to give richness and well balanced acidity. Once completed the wine was carefully balanced and prepared for bottling under screwcap.

Matt Thomson and Alana McGettigan

pH: 3.43
TA: 5.7
FSO2: 43
TSO2: 88
RS: 3.8 g/l
Alc: 13.25%

23th January 2009