PICCADILLY VALLEY - ADELAIDE HILLS
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92 POINTS - JENI PORT (HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION)
Sourced from just 8 rows of chardonnay grown high at 545m elevation in the Piccadilly Valley. Whole-bunch pressed, wild ferment with full solids; matured 7 months in (30% new) French oak. Certified organic. Makes itself at home immediately, with its soft lines and generous aromas of stone fruits, white peach, melon and nutty marzipan. Tasted months before release and it was already fully formed, packing lovely citrus, summer fruits and a nutty, buttery texture.
The Wine
The nose is a complex mix of stone fruit, coconut and vanilla characters.
The palate is intense and lively with a lime mineral line and macadamia nut shortbread notes.
The natural acidity carries the palate, showing clingstone peach, butterscotch and creamy malo characters.
Drinking beautifully at release, it will continue to develop with bottle age and careful cellaring. Cellar 10 years, possibly longer.
Limited quantity available.
Suggested serving temperature 8-12C.
The Winemaking
Hand-made at CRFT winery in Carey Gully.
100% NASAA Certified Organic Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay.
Harvested 24th March 2021. Hand-picked and whole bunch pressed.
Wild fermentation began in tank on full solids, then transferred to oak for barrel fermentation.
Matured for 7 months in 100% French oak with 30% new oak. Occasional lees stirring. Full wild malo-lactic fermentation. 100% natural acidity.
Alcohol - 13% alc/vol,
Bottled 4th November 2021. Vegan friendly.
The Vineyard
The Arranmore Vineyard has been farmed organically since Frewin & Candice took ownership in January 2016 and is now NASAA Certified Organic (February 2019). Estate-owned, managed and farmed, the 5-acre Arranmore Vineyard planted from 1995-1998, is situated at Carey Gully in the Piccadilly Valley (Adelaide Hills).
There are just 8 rows of Chardonnay planted at Arranmore giving us an extremely limited quantity each year.
The 2021 vintage was dry-grown.
Clone: I10V1 (Davis)
Elevation: 545 meters
Aspect: East facing
Planted: 1995-1998
Map: -34.969564, 138.760102
Soil: Rich dark loam topsoil over a clay subsoil with shale and ironstone bedrock.