This is the ninth vintage of the Blanc de Blancs from the Daosa home Chardonnay vineyard in Summertown on the higher slopes of the Piccadilly Valley. This wine is made following the principles of their Method ClassicTM. It is a pure expression of sparkling Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay with ripe stone fruit characters, fine bead, texture and long finish. DAOSA Blanc de Blancs is recognised as one of the top Australian sparkling wines.

The Bizot vineyard is located in Summertown, in the heart of Piccadilly Valley sub-region in the Adelaide Hills, and is one of the highest vineyards in the valley at 550m altitude. It was planted by Petaluma in 1995/1996 for DAOSA with Chardonnay. It was planted with several clones, including French “Burgundy” clones 76, 95, 96 and 277. It is also one of the first Australian vineyards to have been planted using rootstocks in part of the vineyard. The soil is red clay and sandy loams over a 70 million year old shale rock formation. The Chardonnay is planted on a north-north east facing slope, at a relatively high density of 3,200 vines per hectare.

The climate in the Piccadilly Valley has a long-term average of 1,172 degree days during the growing season. Yearly rainfall is approximately 1,100mm. The 2019 vintage was warmer than average at 1,464 degree days. Rain was high in spring and early summer, and dry in the first four months of 2019. The December rainfall interfered with flowering and fruit set in our Chardonnay vineyard, and Chardonnay yields were especially low at less than 3 tonnes per hectare. However, the quality of the fruit was spectacular with low sugars, ripe
stone fruit flavours and a great acid line.

Alc/Vol: 12.9%