2023 Reserve Chardonnay
$75.00 per Reserve Bottle
Wine Club - $60.00
$450.00 per Reserve Case (6 Bottles)
Wine Club - $360.00
* All prices are listed in Australian dollars and are inclusive of GST.
Our best parcel of chardonnay is reserved for this wine. Hand picked from our Estate, whole bunch pressed and wild fermented in French oak puncheons. This wine shows a beautiful array of tropical fruits, nashi pear, nectarine and oyster shell characters. The palate is filled with citrus, lime and a persistent line of acidity. Matured on lees for nine months with regular batonage to build complexity. Beautiful and elegant, drinks beautifully now or can be cellared for the long term.
VINEYARDS
The 2023 Reserve Chardonnay is made with fruit from our Estate in the Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River, the clone is 100% Gin Gin.
SEASON
The 2023 vintage was long and cool, picking later than we traditionally do. The cool conditions allowed the grapes to slowly ripen resulting in perfectly balanced flavours and natural acidity. The fruit harvested showed beautiful flavour, balance and ripeness.
| Harvest Date | Analysis | Bottling Date |
| February 2023 | Alcohol 13.0 % TA 7.25 g/l pH 3.21 |
June 2024 |
WINEMAKING
The fruit is hand picked early in the morning to retain freshness, then placed into the cool-room to chill further overnight. The next morning, the whole bunches are tipped into the press. The free run juice is gently pressed off to a stainless steel holding tank and allowed to settle naturally overnight. The slightly cloudy juice is then racked to a mixture of new, second and third use French oak barrels.
Fermentation occurs spontaneously and completed via wild fermentation. Once primary fermentation is concluded the wine is sulfured to ensure freshness and that secondary fermentation does not take place.
The wine is aged for nine months in barrel, with occasional stirring of lees to gain complexity and texture prior to bottling.
| Closure | Cellaring |
| Screwcap | Up to 10 years |
CONTAINS
Sulphites and ascorbic acid.
TASTING NOTES
Our best parcel of chardonnay is reserved for this wine. Hand picked from our Estate, whole bunch pressed and wild fermented in French oak puncheons. This wine shows a beautiful array of tropical fruits, nashi pear, nectarine and oyster shell characters. The palate is filled with citrus, lime and a persistent line of acidity. Matured on lees for nine months with regular baronage to build complexity. Beautiful and elegant, drinks beautifully now or can be cellared for the long term.
