‘Control Voltage +5VOV’

Chardonnay | Adelaide Hills - Australia

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This small-batch Ochota Chardonnay comes from the Piccadilly Valley, located behind Mount Lofty and regarded as one of the highest-altitude winegrowing regions in Australia (1300 to 1950ft). Fog and cool temperatures mean Chardonnay is an apt choice. As its name implies, this wine is electric and snappy, but with a decent amount of texture from weekly battonage.

The grapes are hand-picked in late March and then basket pressed with full solids straight to thick staved Burgundian barriques. Indigenous yeast fermentation follows, with weekly batonnage. The wine is bottled unfined and filtered to retain natural malic acid. The only addition is a small dose of SO2.

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Grapes: 100% Chardonnay
Vineyard: Picadilly Valley
Soil Type: Sandy clay
Viticulture: Sustainable
Fermentation: Native — Burgundian barriques
Skin Contact: None
Alcohol: 12.6%
pH: 3.23
Total Acidity: 5.9 g/L
Total SO2: 32 ppm
Total Production: 32 cases

Tasting Notes

This wine is a mouthwatering complexity of brioche and white flesh stone fruits, with layered textural elements from batonnage and restrained input from virgin oak.

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