Chardonnay

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2023 Chardonnay - $55

A wet spring meant poor flowering across Tasmania, reducing yields significantly yet the rest of the season was relatively peaceful if cooler than normal. Despite the lower yields the cooler season ensured picking was about 'normal' in the old money so resulted in wines that were both restrained and elegant but intense. An excellent vintage if truth be told.

A classical Tasmanian Chardonnay – all citrus, stone fruit, pith, weight and length. 

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2022 was a standout vintage for Chardonnay in the Huon Valley. Just the right combination of weather and yields to create wines of precision and balance. Our hallmark tends to be a slatey, briney, almost mineral-like palate weight which unites the three Chardonnays from 2022. 

The clone 76 is its typically aromatic self, fermented on skins to give texture and flavour but with that precise acid line to keep it fresh. The Huldufolk's whole-bunch pressing straight to oak gives it depth and palate weight while the Chardonnay is all about cool-climate elegance.

2022 Chardonnay - $65

Whole bunch pressed, 'hyperox' into press tray, 12 hour settle in tank, racked to 300L hogsheads, 20% new, wild ferment, no MLF, full lees 12 months' elevage in barrel, then 3 months in tank before bottling. Not fined. Mostly 277 and 95 clones with a little 96. Citrus, stone fruit, slatey middle palate, touch of richness, spice, white pepper

2023 Clone 76 Chardonnay - $75

Destemmed and soaked on skins for several days prior to pressing and fermenting in amphora and then aged for 3 months in old oak. No MLF, more linear than 2022

2022 Huldufólk Chardonnay - $110

Whole bunch pressed with full solids straight to two hogsheads. 50% new oak. 15 months elevage. No MLF. Full lees until bottling. Not fined. Clone 96 with a little 95.
Waxy, lemon rind, brine, bay leaf