Snake + Herring Corduroy Chardonnay 2012
Wine Specs
Vintage
2012
Bottling Date
1753-01-01
Alcohol %
13
In Stock
Tasting Note
AromaMelons, touch of grapefruit, whiff of gunsmoke, hint of hazelnut and a suggestion of spicy white flowers.
ClosureScrewcap
GrapeChardonnay
Grape Variety
100% Chardonnay
MaturationThe oak is 500L French oak puncheons (35% new) which better integrate the oak characters, respect the fruit and look way cool.
Oaked0
PalateThe palate has typical richness, flavor and presence without being cloying. The fine fruit profile is supported by subtle classy oak and drives through the finish. An alluring seductive chardonnay to impress and reconvert.
VarietalV_CHARDONNAY
VinificationThis vineyard has an excellent track record with chardonnay and we have been working with the owners since 2003. There is an obsessive attention to detail that delivers pristine hand picked fruit perfect for whole bunch pressing. After chilling in a cold room overnight we press the whole clusters of chardonnay direct to barrel: no clarifying, no acid added, no yeast. The natural ferment kicks off as the juice warms. The oak is 500L French oak puncheons (35% new) which better integrate the oak characters, respect the fruit and look way cool. After 10 months on full lees in oak the wine is bottled.
RegionMargaret River - WA
Region CodeDWAMARGRIV
Region Notes
StateWA
Subregion
WinemakerTony Davis
Wine StyleWhite (Medium Bodied Oaked)
Wine Specs
Vintage
2012
Bottling Date
1753-01-01
Alcohol %
13
Wine Profile
Awards
James Halliday
95
2014/10/06
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion, August 2014
Chilled grapes were whole bunch-pressed
and wild yeast-fermented
in French puncheons (35% new).
A high class, single vineyard
chardonnay, the fruit flavours as
intense and long as they are deep,
with grapefruit interleaved with
white peach and nectarine; the
barrel ferment inputs provide a
framework for the fruit, but do
not threaten it in any way. From
the cool, southern end of
Margaret River.