Chardonnay ‘24

Haiku

bright juicy grapefruit
brioche & roasted cashew 
power/precision 

Winemakers notes:

2024 was a stunning Chardonnay vintage where we could pick the grapes at their optimum ripeness due to the hot, dry, windy weather leading into harvest.

Hand picked on the 7th March at around 24 brix the bunches were hurried back to the winery where they were gently whole bunch pressed into French oak barrels (25% new oak from Sirugue & Meyrieux)

A combination of inoculated and wild ferments were used with 75% completing Spring malo-lactic fermentation. The wine was blended, stabalised, filtered and bottled in December having spent over 9 months in barrel.

Brilliant golden hue in the glass this Chardonnay is showing flavours of grapefruit, stone fruit and citrus combined with subtle brioche and soft spice characters coming from both the fine French oak and the malo-lactic fermentation.

We are excited to see how this wine progresses in bottle. It's our best Chardonnay yet (in our humble opinion)

Vineyard: Lesley’s Vineyard
Sub region: Bridge Pa Triangle
Variety/Clone: Chardonnay 548