Penny's Hill The Minimalist Chardonnay 2015
Wine Specs
Vintage
2015
Acid
6.1
pH
3.39
Bottling Date
1
Alcohol %
13.0
In Stock
Tasting Note
Aroma
A complex nose showing grapefruit, white peach and hints of lemon blossom with smoked cashew and flint notes.
ClosureScrewcap
GrapeChardonnay
Grape Variety
100% Chardonnay
Maturation
Wine remained on lees for the duration of maturation to encourage texture and complexity. After eight months in 40% new oak the wine was barrel selected then blended prior to bottling in December 2015.
Oaked
Palate
The wine has power and poise and is well complimented by fine French oak characters. Showing a tight, linear structure with superb texture, minerality and classic balance, ‘The Minimalist’ Chardonnay finishes with exceptional natural acidity and lingering fruit.
VarietalV_CHARDONNAY
Vinification
Using only the finest free run component, the juice underwent complete primary fermentation in French oak barriques with wild yeasts.
RegionAdelaide Hills - SA
Region CodeDSAADEHILL
Region Notes
StateSA
Subregion
WinemakerAlexia Roberts
Wine StyleWhite (Medium Bodied Oaked)
Silver Medal
0
2016/12/20
AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge 2016
Campbell Mattinson
93
2016/07/28
The Wine Front, 14 July 2016
Its rich. Its swish. It powers through the palate and has an extra kick to the finish. Remember the good old days of Petaluma Chardonnay? Well it's not like that but it kind of is too. It mixes generosity with refinement. It looks at the spirit of the times and just adds a bit extra. Nothing wimpy about this. It brings it on.
Mike Bennie
92
2016/12/19
WBM Magazine, October 2016
Plenty of grapey intensity to this wine. It smells of
honeyed apples, stone fruit and vanilla, while the palate
stays trim - it’s jam packed full of ripe melon and stone
fruit flavours.
Campbell Mattinson
93
2016/07/28
The Wine Front, 14 July 2016
Its rich. Its swish. It powers through the palate and has an extra kick to the finish. Remember the good old days of Petaluma Chardonnay? Well it's not like that but it kind of is too. It mixes generosity with refinement. It looks at the spirit of the times and just adds a bit extra. Nothing wimpy about this. It brings it on.
Mike Bennie
92
2016/12/19
WBM Magazine, October 2016
Plenty of grapey intensity to this wine. It smells of
honeyed apples, stone fruit and vanilla, while the palate
stays trim - it’s jam packed full of ripe melon and stone
fruit flavours.
Campbell Mattinson
93
2016/07/28
The Wine Front, 14 July 2016
Its rich. Its swish. It powers through the palate and has an extra kick to the finish. Remember the good old days of Petaluma Chardonnay? Well it's not like that but it kind of is too. It mixes generosity with refinement. It looks at the spirit of the times and just adds a bit extra. Nothing wimpy about this. It brings it on.
Silver Medal
0
2016/12/20
AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge 2016
Mike Bennie
92
2016/12/19
WBM Magazine, October 2016
Plenty of grapey intensity to this wine. It smells of
honeyed apples, stone fruit and vanilla, while the palate
stays trim - it’s jam packed full of ripe melon and stone
fruit flavours.
Wine Specs
Vintage
2015
Acid
6.1
pH
3.39
Bottling Date
1
Alcohol %
13.0
Wine Profile
Awards
Campbell Mattinson
93
2016/07/28
The Wine Front, 14 July 2016
Its rich. Its swish. It powers through the palate and has an extra kick to the finish. Remember the good old days of Petaluma Chardonnay? Well it's not like that but it kind of is too. It mixes generosity with refinement. It looks at the spirit of the times and just adds a bit extra. Nothing wimpy about this. It brings it on.