Stargazer Chardonnay 2023
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- TASTING NOTE: "Pale straw in colour with plenty of stone fruit notes on the nose: apple skin and ruby red grapefruit intermingled with some struck match/gunflint complexity. The palate is complex and round with some nervy mouth-watering acidity and the almost quinine-like structure is balanced out by a juicy finish." Stargazer
- ABOUT THE WINE: Chardonnay from the Palisander vineyard in the Coal River Valley and Bernard Brian's Derwent Valley vineyard, whole-bunch pressed to oak and matured in French oak 500L. puncheons (20% new), 100% malolactic ferment and no lees stirring.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Samantha (Sam) Connew has racked up a series of exceptional achievements, commencing with bachelor of law and bachelor of arts degrees, majoring in political science and English literature, from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, then deciding her future direction by obtaining a postgraduate diploma of oenology and viticulture from Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Sam moved to Australia, undertaking the Advanced Wine Assessment course at the Australian Wine Research Institute in 2000, being chosen as a scholar at the '02 Len Evans Tutorial, winning the George Mackey Award for the best wine exported from Australia in '04 and was awarded International Red Wine Maker of the Year at the International Wine Challenge, London in '07. After a highly successful and lengthy position as chief winemaker at Wirra Wirra , Sam moved to Tasmania (via the Hunter Valley) to make the first wines for her own business, something she said she would never do. The emotive name (and label) is in part a tribute to Abel Tasman, the first European to sight Tasmania before proceeding to the South Island of NZ, navigating by the stars. Halliday Wine Companion
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Coal River Valley, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
- VARIETAL: Chardonnay
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Samantha Connew
- CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 13%
- SIZE: 750ml
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