Express Winemakers Great Southern Chardonnay (2022)

Natural / 750mL / Great Southern, WA

Category: Wine
Sub-Category: White Wine

Fruit taken from four blocks across two exceptional Chardonnay vineyards all wild fermented in a variety of vessels and blended together to form this tight and complex wine with characters of citrus, blossoms, white fleshed stone fruit and flint among others.

Vineyards:

Crystal Brook Vineyard in Mount Barker (94%) and Estate 807 Vineyard in Denmark (6%).

Sub-region:

Mount Barker – Great Southern
Denmark – Great Southern

Vine Age:

25 to 35 years

Elevation:

50 - 250m

Soils:

Sandy, gravelly loams at Crystal Brook and heavy clay karri loams of Estate 807 in Denmark.

Farming:

Organic (not certified)

Vinification:

Parcels of Chardonnay were hard harvested and direct pressed to a combination of mature oak barriques, newer large format oak, stainless steel and concrete. Wine spent a short maturation period on full solids before racking and bottling.

Technical Details:

Alc: 12.5%
pH: 3.28
TA: 7.0