Levantine Hill 'Katherine's Paddock' Chardonnay 2018
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- TASTING NOTE: "White peach, nougat, gentle spice and subtle struck match. It's medium weight but packs in flavour, a gentle glide and gloss of almond creaminess with the vigour and ripe grapefruit acid cut of the 2017 vintage. There's grip and substance, some citrus pith and lime rind, and a very long finish, smooth almond and stonefruit, cinched in with chalky texture and bridging (Bridgeman) phenolics. Beautiful expression of Yarra Chardonnay here." 96 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
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ABOUT THE WINE: Hand-picked at progressive ripening’s within the blocks, hand-sorted and whole-bunch pressed to tank and settled overnight. No pressings cuts were made; the must was given a good squeeze. Minimal sulphur dioxide or dry ice protection, only at end of pressing. Racked cloudy juice to barrel with light solids for 100% barrel fermentation utilising natural and cultured
yeasts. Aged on lees a mix of super-premium French oak of 500, 350, 300 and 228-litre capacity from Mercurey, François Freres, Saint Martin and Taransaud cooperages (22% new) for 10 months with selective stirring on leaner barrels. A portion of barrels were allowed to undergo 100% malolactic fermentation.
- ABOUT THE PRODUCER: This is the most ambitious project in the Yarra Valley since the establishment of Domaine Chandon a quarter of a century ago. It is the venture of Lebanese-born Elias (Eli) Jreissati and wife Colleen, Eli having amassed a fortune as a property developer, that business continuing apace. Levantine Hill has two vineyards, the larger (18ha) and older established by Soo Son in 1995, and purchased by Levantine Hill in 2010. The second vineyard fronts Hill Road with a little over 5ha of young vines. All the major varieties of the Yarra Valley are planted on one or other of the two vineyards, but the Soo Son vineyard is the more important from a business viewpoint. It has provided space for a cellar door, restaurant and winery designed by Fender Katsalidis, who created Hobart's avant garde, and technically awesomely challenging MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), and the Eureka Tower in Melbourne. The ground-hugging, futuristic buildings, their roof line reminiscent of a stealth bomber, are visible from the Maroondah Highway, and easily accessed via Hill Road. James Halliday
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- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Victoria, Yarra Valley
- VARIETAL: Chardonnay
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Paul Bridgeman, Peter Shone
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
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