Chardonnay with it all- flinty, a bit of oak and powerful fruit

Vineyard: Willsmore Vineyard - Piccadilly, Deanery Vineyard - Balhannah & Hersey Vineyard, Kuitpo

Planted: Late 90's

Soil type: A mix of Sandy iron stone / sandstone, Sandy loam on clay

Picking date: March 5 & 9, 2021

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Time on skins: No

Processing: Crush and destemmed

Pressing: Only take free run juice

Cooling / settling: Settled off dirt and heavy solids for 24 hours

Ferment vessel: Mix of French and Slavonian Barrique and puncheons for 3 weeks

Aging vessel: French barique & puncheons and 600L Slavonian oak Demi Muid for 8 months on lees, then stainless steel for 8 weeks on fine lees

Alc/Vol: 13.8%