Credaro Kinship Chardonnay 2017
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A fragrant bouquet of white flowers, nectarine and pear with underlying cashew and citrus notes.
100% Chardonnay
The lees were stirred monthly and the wine was matured for eight months in oak. All of the barrels used were French with a mixture of barriques (225L) and larger format oak (300-500L). Approximately 30% of the oak was new with the remaining two-thirds made up of one and two year old barrels.
The palate is medium-full bodied with stone fruit and fresh citrus flavours and creamy biscuit characters from lees influence. The wine has an elegant, refined structure and finishes with fine mineral acidity.
Our finest chardonnay fruit comes from two vineyards, one is our most southern vineyard near Witchcliffe and the other is a stunning north facing slope located in the area of Metricup. The fruit was carefully handpicked and whole bunch pressed in the cool of the early morning, in small 2-3 tonne batches. The first 500L/t of juice was run off directly to barrel, with no additions made to the juice. The fermentation for this wine occurred naturally with indigenous yeasts i.e. "wild" fermented. No acid or fining agents were added to the wine during production whatsoever. All barrels had SO2 added immediately post fermentation with no MLF allowed to occur.
7.2
3.2
12.5