2022 Reserve Chardonnay

This single vineyard Reserve Chardonnay is made from 100% Gin Gin clone, hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed to a combination of new and used Burgundian oak barriques. High levels of grape solids in the pressed juice combine with indigenous yeast in the oak to a produce a complex wine with sublime texture, fruit weight and length. Drinking beautifully now and will only improve with age.

95 points - James Halliday

An exceptional vintage for white varieties. Strong winter rainfall replenished soil moisture, followed by a mild spring and a warm, dry summer extending through harvest. A notable highlight was prolific Marri blossom, which kept bird pressure in the surrounding forest rather than the vineyard. With minimal disease and no bird impact, fruit was harvested at optimal balance of flavour, sugar and acidity.

Fruit was hand-harvested in the cool of the morning on 21 February 2022 and chilled overnight to 10°C. Whole bunches were gently pressed directly to French oak barriques (40% new, 60% second fill).
Fermentation occurred naturally in barrel, followed by 10 months’ maturation on lees prior to racking, blending, filtration and bottling in November 2022.

Alc: 13.2%
pH: 3.20
TA: 6.6 g/L