2022 Reserve Chardonnay
Strictly limited quantities of this award-winning wine.Â
A powerful expression of Margaret River Chardonnay, showcasing the best from each vintage. Sourced from select parcels in our Wildberry vineyard, it has been the fruit source of many award winning wines. Using traditional techniques of whole bunch pressing, barrel fermentation and maturation in fine grained oak, this wine exemplifies the region's potential.
TASTING NOTES
Variety: Chardonnay 100%
Region: Margaret River 100%
Sub Region: Karridale
Cellaring Potential: This wine is drinking beautifully now and will reward cellaring over the next 5-7 years.
Colour: Pale Gold
Bouquet: Our Reserve Chardonnay has a bright and lifted nose of sweet pastry, lemon curd and fleshy white stonefruit.
Palate: The palate displays a rich and layered mix of fresh
stonefruit, citrus and intense vanilla bean flavours. A fine
mineral thread ensures a wine of length and persistence.
AWARDS
WA Good Food Guide Wine Awards - 2023 Top 25 Wines
Silver - 2023 International Wine & Spirits Competition
Silver - 2023 Australian Single Vineyard Wine Show (92 points)
Silver - 2023 Cowra Wine Show (91 points)
Bronze - 2023 Sydney Royal Wine Show (86 points)
Bronze - 2023 Perth Royal Wine Awards (86 points)
Bronze - 2023 Wine Show of Western Australia
WINE REVIEWS
"An expression that flows beautifully, is supple and delivers a full flex of the variety with balance and finesse." WAGFG 2023 Top 25 Wines.
"Fresh lemon and ripe yellow apple meet saffron spice, turmeric and white miso. An attractive whiff of brine and a crushed-shell character add further to the impressive breath of flavour." Silver - 2023 International Wine & Spirits Competition.
WINEMAKERS NOTES
Viticulture
The vineyard is planted on Karri loam gravel soils with underlying laterite. Vine rows run north /south down a moderate north facing slope and are clone GinGin with trellis structured to vertical shoot positioning. The vineyard is subject to the cool Southern Ocean breezes and ripens slowly, evenly and with naturally high acidity.
Winemaking
The fruit is handpicked then cooled before whole bunch pressing. New and seasoned barrels are filled directly from the press to enhance complexity. Only the free run fraction is reserved with harder pressings separated to ensure a delicate and fine expression of the fruit in this wine.
The juice is left to ferment spontaneously and can take up to three weeks to ferment with some cooling at the height of ferment. After ferment the barrels are topped and gently stirred with inert gas protection monthly.
A small number of barrels were encouraged to finish malolactic fermentation to ameliorate the natural acidity. After nine months in barrel the wine is assembled in tank and aged on lees to further encourage complexity.
FOOD PAIRING
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Alc:% 12.4
pH: 3.39
TA: 6.7g
LRS: Dry
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