Big Sky Chardonnay
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An expressive wine from this classic variety.
They call it “the winemaker’s grape”. We make this Chardonnay in the style we really enjoy. Perfectly ripe fruit, barrel fermented, and barrel aged. A luscious and textured wine, full of fruit and youthfulness, and enough backbone to look to the future with confidence.
Bouquet: White stonefruit, vanilla and butterscotch.
Palate: Honeyed nuts, apricots, and biscuity brioche, with good midpalate weight and mouth filling complexity.
Food Match: Fresh oysters, roast chicken and pinenuts, summer ratatouille.
Viticulturists and winemakers: Katherine Jacobs and Jeremy Corban.
Variety:
100% Chardonnay.
Region:
Dakins Road, Wairarapa.
Harvest date:
2 April 2021.
Brix at harvest:
22 brix.
Pressing:
Light whole bunch press, no skin contact.
Fermentation:
100% barrel ferment – 50% in new puncheons, 50% in seasoned oak barriques. Wild yeast ferment, full malo.
Élevage:
6 months in wood with bâtonnage, lightly fined, sterile filtered.
Wine Analysis at bottling:
Alcohol: 13%
