Merricks Grove Chardonnay

Wine Details

• Region Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
• Vintage 2021
• Type White Wine
• Variety Chardonnay
• Vegan Friendly ✔
• Volume 750ml
• Alcohol Volume 13.5%
• PH

  3.22

• Standard Drinks 8.3
• Acidity

  6.7 g/L

• Maturation

  12 months in 10% new French Oak

• Closure ScrewCap
• Vintage Notes

  Perfect growing and ripening season – wet winter and spring followed by a mild summer.

• Vineyard Notes

  Harvested from Merricks Grove B & C blocks. hand pruned, from spur-pruned vines in the first week of March 2021.

• Winemaking

  Harvested in the early morning and pressed off skins. The wine was allowed to cold settle in the tank. Racked hard to new and old barrels with a wild yeast ferment. Partial malolcatic ferment took place after primary fermentation. Barrel stirring off heavy yeast lees for 9 months.

• Tasting Notes

  On the palate it’s full and round, nicely clean with great length and an elegant mineral acid finish. Medium straw in colour, the bouquet is guava, lemon curd and citrus flowers. You’ll note influences of white nectarine, pink grapefruit, candied lemon and a touch of pineapple.

• Colour

  Medium straw

• Bouquet

  Guava, lemon curd, citrus flowers

• Palate

  White necatrine, pink grapefruit, candied lemon and a touch of pineapple. Integrated oak with a creamy middle palate and and elegant mineral acid finish.

• Peak Drinking / Cellaring Potential

  5-8 years

• Food Matches

  Creamy chorizo on freshly made gnocchi