Edgebaston Chardonnay 2012

Veritas Wine Awards 2013 - Silver

This is the Sixth vintage of Edgebaston Chardonnay. The wine includes grapes from a 30 year old vineyard with 7 different clones of Chardonnay planted. As with previous vintages, the wine shows an elegant minerality with lime-citrus, sourdough and cinnamon flavours. A floral note of wild, white flowers such as frangipani and almond blossom is obvious on the front of the nose and follows through the palate.

The tight minerality keeps a wonderful acid grip on the palate showing good ageing potential.

100% Chardonnay

Likened by many to the flavours found in cooler Burgundian and Chablis sites, the focus here is to make elegant wines, the ideal accompaniment to foods such as paella, quail and pork.

Soil Type: Malmesbury Shale on deep red clay.

Hand picked Chardonnay grapes, picked in three tranches with Sugars from 22 Brix up to 25 brix to ensure a variety of flavours.
Harvest Date: Early February to March 2011

Barrel fermented with natural yeasts.  30% malolactic fermentation.  

Wood Elevation 
50 % New French Oak – Nevers , Allier ; Medium Toasted
20 % 2nd Fill French Oak – Medium Toasted
20 % 3rd Fill French Oak – Medium Toasted
10% Nomblot Egg