Fervor 'Funka Riche' Chardonnay 2024
$32.00
Description
Say goodbye to boring chardonnay. There is so much going on in this wine, which is exactly what we aimed to do. Lots of wild, funky notes that surround a core of ripe stonefruit and touches of cashew and gunflint. The palate is a finely balanced mix of textural power, complexity and refinement that, like the aromatics, undergoes constant evolution in the glass. The depth of flavour and natural structure would allow for confident cellaring over the next 10 years (at least).
Grapes were machine harvested in the coolest part of the day to avoid phenolic extraction. Each of the three parcels were picked at different ripeness levels to provide complexity of flavours. Free-run juice cut at 520L/T with pressings going to separate tank. Free-run fractions were clarified and fermented under temperature control (12-15degC) using specific German yeast strains. The fermentation was slow and steady with a drop of between 0.6 and 1.2 Be per day. Pressing juice was hyper-oxidised to reduce bitter phenolics and left to settle naturally prior to clean racking and partial fermentation in old French oak barriques with indigenous yeast. Post-fermentation each parcel was lightly fined (using Vegan friendly vegetable protein), blended, and stabilised prior to bottling.
