2022 Chardonnay
Glen Forbes

Flinty & Textural

It’s a deliciously textural wine that offers an array of orchid fruits; preserved lemons, pears & quince with top notes of white flowers, and flinty/wet stone characters. The black sandy soils situated in these cooler parts of South Gippsland give depth, structure and power to this chardonnay.

Drink now or cellar for 5-10 years.

‘Bright lemon/straw colour, sea spray/oyster shell, pear & quince with a flinty/mineral core driving the palate. A textural wine, that builds in the glass, grilled hazelnut, with fine-boned acidity weaving throughout.’

VINEYARD

Bass River Winery - Glen Forbes, South Gippsland

• South-east aspect, rows run north to south
• Fertile, black sandy soils with subsurface over cemented sands (coffee rock)
• Vineyard planted in 1998

WINEMAKING

• 50% Whole bunch pressed to tank for settling, then racked to a neutral puncheon for fermentation
• 50% de-stemmed & fermented on skins for 7 days, then pressed into a new Stockinger Puncheon to finish fermentation
• Zero Malo-lactic fermentation
• Lees stirred, then racked prior to bottling