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2017 White Label Chardonnay, Petaluma

Adelaide Hills, AustraliaVintage: 2017

The 2017 Petaluma White Label Chardonnay is a bright, fruit-forward wine. Subtle stone fruits and citrus on the nose combine with lovely creaminess and ripe melon on the palate. Subtle oak frames lovely Adelaide Hills acidity. A complex creamy-textured fruit-driven wine, typical of the modern cool-climate Australian Chardonnay style. Mouth-filling and complex now, it will reward medium term cellaring, filling out in the bottle.

The White Label range is crafted in the same Petaluma philosophy as the highly regarded Yellow Label. The grapes are grown in the key regions of Adelaide Hills (Chardonnay) and Coonawarra (Cabernet). These wines are perfect to enjoy upon their release and get better with 5-7 years of age.  Great highly drinkable wines for occasions with friends, family and food!

Why we love it

An excellent value Chardonnay from the premium wine region of Adelaide Hills.  Punches way above its price.

Whats in the bottle

100% Chardonnay

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£1850

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£16.65

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Description

Established by winemaking pioneer and legend, Brian Croser in 1976, Petaluma is one of Australia’s most prominent wine companies.  His sole objective was to produce the very finest wines by carefully selecting the best sites within a particular Australian region suited to a chosen variety.  Petaluma gained a huge reputation primarily for their Chardonnay from the Piccadilly Valley.  Brian Crosers approach defied established grape growing and winemaking practices in the 1970’s as he focused on the importance of quality vineyard locations and terroir. This approach was a revolution in thinking which would push Petaluma to the top of the tree.  Petaluma is also renowned for unlocking the great potential of Riesling from the Hanlin Hill Vineyard in Clare Valley as well as Cabernet Sauvignon from the Evans Vineyard in Coonawarra.

The fruit was transported to our winery near Woodside, de-stemmed, crushed and chilled and the juice separated from skins and seeds in airbag tank presses. This juice was then cold settled for a few days, before racking the partially clarified juice onto our chosen yeast culture to conduct the alcoholic fermentation.

This fermentation was in a combination of stainless steel tanks (50%), and French oak barriques (225 litres), hogsheads (300 litres) and puncheons (400 & 500 litres). Towards the end of the primary fermentation, the wines were inoculated with bacteria to encourage the malo-lactic fermentation (MLF), the conversion of hard malic acid into softer lactic acid. The MLF also complexes the wines, adding creaminess and hints of butter.

The wines then rested in barrel, spending a total of 5 months in oak, and slowly settled and clarified. In July, the wines in oak were emptied and blended with the tank-fermented batches, the blend cold settled, before filtration and bottling in late July.

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