Chardonnay 2024
£21.99
Case of 6 bottles - £19.99 per bottle
A balanced and complex barrel-aged Chardonnay. Fermented and matured for 8 months in 3-year-old French oak barriques with well-integrated, harmonious layers of fruit, spice and minerality. Representing the best Chardonnay from our vineyards in Herefordshire, this wine is drinking perfectly now in it's youth with potential for further ageing.
EXPECTED TO SHIP END OF JULY 2025
TASTING NOTE
Lemon gold and a silvery, pearlescent tone in the glass. Complex aromas of preserved lemon, baked Bramley apple, hazelnut cream, and oyster shell minerality. A bright, structured acidity on the palate and a rounded, silky texture reveals juicy citrus and orchard fruit, toasted vanilla spice, and a honeyed nuttiness. A layered and textural length
with a clean mineral finish.
VITICULTURE
Vineyard: Redbank Vineyard, the Wall Hills, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Block: Main Block B
Vines: Double Guyot, SO4 rootstock
Soil type: Clay loam over Silurian Mudstone. South-east facing
Harvest: Selective hand-harvesting
Picking date: 26/10/24
WINEMAKING
Pressing: De-stemmed
Fermentation: Barrel fermentation, Burgundian Chardonnay yeast
Malo-lactic fermentation: Co-inoculation, full MLF
Maturation: 8 month's 3-year-old barriques, regular battonage
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Blend: 100% Chardonnay, clone 95
Abv: 12%
TA: 6.9 g/l
pH: 3.4
Residual sugar: Dry
PAIRING NOTES
Our Chardonnay is just the ticket, to sit down with friends, or enjoy chatting in the summer sunshine, It pairs perfectly and enhances the delicate flavours of shellfish, also with poultry, especially when it is prepared with cream-based sauces or herbs.
Tasting Note
Clear lemon gold with green hues. Poached pear, sweet lime, and elderflower cordial on the nose. A luscious and textured mouthfeel is balanced by a fresh acidity showing gooseberry fool, nectarine, and herbaceous nettle and mint on the palate.
Winemaking
Pressing: De-stemmed for a small amount of skin contact during pressing
Fermentation: Stainless steel fermentation, thiol aromatic yeast strain
Malo-lactic fermentation: Low diacetyl LAB, stopped before completion
Maturation: Stainless steel on fine lees
Technical Detail
Vineyard:
Redbank Vineyard, the Wall Hills, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Block:
Drive
Vines:
Scott Henry, SO4 rootstock
Soil-Type
Clay loam over Silurian Mudstone. South-east facing
harvest
Selective hand-harvesting
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