2023 Mappinga Chardonnay

This single vineyard wine, made from Bernard clones 95 and 76, was hand picked from low yielding vines at our Mappinga road vineyard. Rushed to the winery and quickly chilled down, the pristine fruit was then whole-bunch pressed and fermented for nine months using only wild yeast in 100% French oak barrels. This generously complex wine has delightful flavours of white peach, nectarine, grapefruit and toasted nuts. Beautifully balanced with a mineral line throughout and a lingering, flinty finish. Drinking beautifully now but will reward with careful cellaring.