Einzellage Moculta Eden Valley Chardonnay 2018

Sourced From One Of Eden Valleys Most Revered Growers from a single vineyard in the Moculta sub region. Fruit was picked in early hours of morning when temperatures were very low to ensure fruit remained crisp whilst being transported to winery. Crushed within 3 hours of picking it was chilled and pressed, as we needed to ensure the fruit was as pure of possible. After settling it racked off lees then warmed and inoculated with a select yeast strain. Fermentation occurred in tank at cool temperatures and select parcels were matured in oak barrels to extend the palate and provide a buttery like complexity. Once the wine was clarified it was bottled and aged to ensure drinkability upon release.

Songlines Estates McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2016

Hand harvested from vineyards located in the Mediterranean grape growing region of McLaren Vale. The wine was crushed under controlled temperatures prior to being gently bag pressed to tank before being racked. Selected parcels then were matured in the finest of Burgundian oak prior to being bottled then aged in bottle for 6 months prior to release.

Collalto Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016

Italian, meaning 'high hill'; the name of the village in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in north-eastern Italy from which our grandfather, Mio Tosolini, emigrated to Australia in the 1920s; and captures the essence of the cool climate Adelaide Hills vineyard, which rises to a height of 460 metres above sea level, and from which the grapes used to make this wine come - and nowhere else.

This is unashamedly a 'bells and whistles' Chardonnay (i.e. barrell fermented, full flavoured and complex) but is also very carefully a product of the cool, fresh Adelaide Hills. 

2016 was the earliest vintage in the winemaker's memory, due in a large part to an early start in spring 2015, followed by a summer with few heatwaves, but consistently warmer-than-average conditions. Generous crops rewarded those who managed their vines for the conditions, keeping a few extra shoots and leaves to balance what nature provided. The fruit was harvested with lovely natural acidity despite the early repening period.

Fertile brown loam over clay, with thinner topsoil areas on the ridges with broken shale and stone. Undulating with some very steep areas that provide (optimal) North and North-East facing orientation and aspect.