Butter Wouldn't Melt Chardonnay 2024

"Butter wouldn't melt"

Variety: Chardonnay
Region: Eden Valley
Alc/Vol: 13.5%
Winemaker: John Harris

Colour: Pale straw.

Bouquet: Aromas of white peach, nectarine and citrus fruits are the dominant characters. Hints of clotted cream, lemon curd, soft spice, vanillin, crushed stone and nougat.

Palate: Pure citrus and stone fruits drive the palate with a fine seam of lacy acidity providing plenty of velocity. It finishes refreshing dry and savoury.

Winemaking: Fruit was harvested during the cool of the night with a selective de-stemming harvester. Fruit came from a block in high Eden from sitting at an elevation of 550m above sea level. The juice was barrel fermented in new and 1-4 year old French oak hogsheads and puncheons through to dryness. The wine went through regular lees stirring through maturation in 50% new and 50% older French oak. The final assemblage only included select barrels.

Cellaring Potential: Drinking exceptionally now upon release but will continue to drink well over the next 5 years.