Variety: Chardonnay
Planted: 1999
Vineyard: Mike Press Single Vineyard, Lobethal, Adelaide Hills
Oak Maturation: Unwooded
Alcohol: 13.3%
When: Drink now but will mellow with age
Food: Drink as an aperitif or with pasta, white meats and cheeses.

We harvested our Chardonnay grapes in the early morning when the temperature is cool to avoid the sugar levels rising and to preserve the quality of the fruit, before being cold fermented to help capture all the natural fruit aromas. Light straw yellow in colour, on the nose it is mostly about grapefruit, melons, apples and nectarine. It is a great example of an unwooded chardonnay from the Adelaide Hills stylistically. The wine is refreshing and crisp, with a full rounded palate with stone fruits and then finishing with minerality and complexity. There are some ‘green’ notes on the nose and back palate to give it lift.