Fervor 'Julietta' Chardonnay 2022
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- TASTING NOTE: "The aim of this wine is to show what’s possible with Chardonnay from the Denmark sub-region of the Great Southern – from pristine fruit and attention to detail in the winery. The depth and complexity of flavour from three separate pickings, the natural high acid backbone structure, the complexing characters of full “fluffy” solids and influence of super fine grained French oak has produced a focused wine of “layers”. Tightly woven white peach and melon fruit is encased in a myriad of complexing notes of nuttiness and whiffs of struck match. The natural structure would allow for confident cellaring over the next 10 years (at least)." Fervor
- ABOUT THE WINE: From the Walter Road vineyard, Denmark, the grapes were hand-picked on three separate various phonologic ripeness stages. The fruit was chilled overnight and whole bunch pressed directly (sequentially) to oak for 100% oak fermentation on 100% solids. Whole bunch pressing ensures that the extracted solids are full of flavour and are low in bitter phenols. A mixture of natural and chardonnay specific yeasts were used. Fermentation was conducted under controlled temperature conditions. After fermentation the barrels were stirred fortnightly on zero sulphur. Malolactic fermentation was not promoted, with approximately half of the barrels going through it. The wine was matured for 10 months in French oak of varying sizes (predominately barriques and puncheons), approximately 60% of them new.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Since 1996 Mike has been making cool climate wines in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia. Mike started in 1997 with Plantagenet Wines in Mount Barker, while studying for his Wine Science degree. From 2000 to 2007 he established a small boutique contract facility in Mount Barker (Garlands). In 2007 Mike had the opportunity to head up a new 500T facility in Denmark (Castelli Estate) which was just too good to refuse. He spent the next 14 years with Castelli establishing it as one of the foremost brands in Australia. In 2020 Mike decided to change direction to pursue new challenges, this includes being Chief Winemaker for Plantagenet Wines and consulting with Rockcliffe Winery. This allowed for the formation of "Fervor". Over 25 years in the Great Southern allowed Mike to form very close relationships with some of the best small vineyards in the region, and it was time to have some fun. Callum has followed Mike into the winemaking world - in 2017 he started in the Great Southern with Rockcliffe Winery. also working abroad in the same year in Croze Hermitage. In 2019 Callum moved to Geelong and started at Lethbridge Wines.
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Great Southern, Western Australia
- VARIETAL: Chardonnay
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Mike Garland, Callum Garland
- CLASSIFICATION: Vegan
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 13.1%
- SIZE: 750ml
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