Oastbrook Chardonnay Reserve 2022
Description
A golden clean colour with a concentrated and complex bouquet of rich ripe fruits, peach, apricot, pineapple, quince and white apple with vanilla, toast, coconut and honey on the nose. Fresh tropical fruit flavour on the palate with hints of vanilla, coconuts, toast and honey reflect the oak aging - giving the wine a smooth and velvet mouthfeel. Very long and tapered savoury finish that echoes the earlier aromas and flavours. With great layers of depth and texture and a wonderful aromatic complex. This wine will benefit from aging
Certifications
Alcohol
12.0%
Analytical data
dry
Vineyard: Oastbrook Vineyard
Clay, silt and sand on a sandstone bedrock
Winemaker
Nick and America Brewer
Viticulture
Sustainable, regenerative agriculture with integrated pest management. 100% Burgundy clones, the grapes from our vineyard were handpicked, and pressed in October.
Vinification
An ambient ferment was allowed for the first 5 days and there was an extended low temperature ferment after which the wine was transferred to two year old Chardonnay barrels and left for 12 months on second use Burgundy oak barrels and allowed to go through full natural malolactic fermentation in late spring 2023. The wine was bottled in January 2024. This wine should be cellared until July 2024 before drinking.