Spy Valley
Chardonnay 2023 750ml

Aroma & Palate

Plenty of white nectarine and hazelnuts with vanilla and spice A creamy palate with plenty of stone fruit and some subtle spice. Generous palate weight

Winemaking

Our Chardonnay was picked across mul t iple dates to get opt imum r ipeness f rom each different clone and pressed gent ly off skins. The juice was then set t led for a shor t per iod of t ime before being sent to French oak bar rel for fermentat ion. Some por t ions went through malolact ic fermentat ion in the spr ing to help lower acidi ty and create balance. The different clones were kept separately unt il being pulled out of bar rel af ter 11 months in oak and blended. Once blended i t was allowed some t ime to integrate in tank and mellow the oak influence before being bot t led.

Vintage

An excellent flower ing per iod and consistent rainfall resul ted in even crops and heal thy canopies. As a resul t , our star t date was later , giving the f rui t ext ra ‘hang t ime’ to develop more flavours across all var iet ies.