2022 Estate Grüner Veltliner (released Spring 2022) | Sold out
2023 Estate Grüner Veltliner (release Summer 2023) | $29
2022 Piccadilly Valley ‘Creamy Candles’ Chardonnay | $39
2022 Estate Grüner Veltliner | $29
Tasting notes
Style: Un-oaked, food friendly, fresh, crisp style, medium-bodied white wine.
High altitude, cool climate, Piccadilly Valley (Summertown), single vineyard Estate dry grown Grüner Veltliner
Appearance: Pale yellow, bright
Aroma: Initially spring blossoms with a hint of tro[ica; fruit, then complex pome fruits, green apple and ripe pear, grape fruit and citrus
Palate: Highly textured mineral palate of apple, pear, grape fruit and citrus, and a long, fresh, crisp, dry finish
Technical notes: Dry grown, hand-tended vines (3x clones, south facing slope), hand harvested grapes, crushed with cold-temperature skin contact. Small lot, cool temperature fermentation with 6 different selected yeasts, including novel hybrid Saccharomyces yeasts and a native isolate of Saccharomyces uvarum. Cold clarified and stabilised, no filtration or animal products used. Contains sulphites. 13.2% Alc/Vol (approx. 7.8 Standard Drinks)
2021 Piccadilly Valley Creamy Candles Chardonnay | $39
Tasting notes
Style: Lightly oaked, medium weight, fresh style white wine.
High altitude, cool climate, Piccadilly Valley (Ashton, Summertown, Piccadilly), selected vineyards, Chardonnay – very cool season giving richness but elegance
Appearance: Pale yellow, bright
Aroma: Complex savoury stone fruits (think white peach), hints of tropical fruits, citrus and vanilla/cedar oak
Palate: Mouth filling luscious, rich vanilla citrus flavour and textured creamy palate, with fresh, crisp lingering finish
Technical notes: Hand-tended vines (clones G9V7 and I10V1, east and west facing slopes and valley floor), hand harvested grapes, chilled and whole bunch pressed. Small lot, cool temperature fermentation with new and seasoned French oak barriques and tank with different combinations of 5 different yeasts, including popular Chardonnay strains, Hills isolate of a cryophilic Saccharomyces uvarum and novel hybrid Saccharomyces yeasts. No malolactic fermentation to preserve crisp fresh palate. No animal products used. Contains sulphites. 14.1% Alc/Vol (approx. 8.3 Standard Drinks)
