MIN ORDER - 6 BOTTLES (straight or mixed)

** RRP $60 | Mailing list price until Nov 8 - $51 **

Sourced from John and Josie D’Aloisio’s vineyard located high up on the hill above the township of Seville. The I10V1 clone Chardonnay was planted in 1991 on its own roots (non-grafted) and is grown on the stunningly rich red volcanic soils this subregion of the Yarra Valley is famous for.

This vineyard is just getting better and better with age and does a remarkable job of producing amazing wines year in year out.    

Winemaking

The fruit is hand-picked and cooled overnight. Whole bunches are lightly crushed by foot before a long pressing when the un-sulphured juice is transferred straight to oak. The oak is a combination of old (70%) and new (30%) French barriques and puncheons. Ferments are allowed to start naturally (wild) and complete with no temperature control. The wine is not battonaged and left on lees for 10 months in oak and a further 5 months on lees in stainless steel. Some MLF may have occurred but not encouraged and SO2 is added when the wine is ready for it. The wine is lightly filtered before being bottled un-fined by hand via gravity.

Tasting Notes

This wine is a power house! The combination of a warm year and red soils has produced quite a stunning result from the les vergers site.

The wine pours out lemon yellow with green tinges. The aromas open with a whiff of struck match, peach, yellow nectarine and almond butter. The palate is where you see the density, luscious peach and white stone fruits mingle to the mid-palate with toasty oak and buttery flavours. Its long with a squeeze of fresh lemon and brine completing the package. This will age well!