2022 Santolin Gladysdale Chardonnay
2024 Winewise Small Vigneron Awards, BEST IN CLASS TROPHY
2023 Victorian Wine Show, GOLD
2023 Yarra Valley Wine Show, GOLD
2024 French-Victorian Wine Show, GOLD
2024 French-Victorian Wine Show, PUBLIC CHOICE TROPHY
2025 International Cool Climate Wine Show, GOLD - 95 points
2025 Winewise Championship Awards, BEST IN CLASS TROPHY
'Light-mid yellow colour with a malt, almond-meal, shortbread and smoked charcuterie bouquet. Creamy yeast lees too. The wine is rich and yet refined and elegant on the tongue, with line and length and lovely balance of fruit and artifact characteristics. (Willowlake Vineyard, Gladysdale)'
Huon Hooke | The Real Review | DEC 2024
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This 2022 Chardonnay is produced from fruit grown on a single block from the Willowlake vineyard in Gladysdale, Upper Yarra Valley. It has been crafted with minimal intervention, using natural fermentation, no fining and only a single filtration before bottling.
Hand picking commenced on 12 March 2022. Grapes were chilled overnight then whole bunch pressed, and the juice transferred to a mixture of new and old French oak barrels. A portion of the grapes were fermented on skins to add texture and mouthfeel. Once dry, the wine was left to mature on lees for ten months until blending, where the wine underwent a single, course filtration before bottling.
Additional Notes: Suitable for vegans
ABV%: 13.8%
Varieties: 100% Chardonnay
Vineyard: Willowlake Vineyard
Cellar info: 10+ years
Fermentation: Wild Ferment in oak
pH number: 3.20
TA number: 6.75g/L
Oak: 10 months in 100% French oak - 50% new
Production Total: 260 dozen
Service temperature: 10-14°c
Service temperature: 10-14°c
Other vintages:
2013 Santolin Individual Vineyard Chardonnay
2017 Santolin 'Gladysdale' Chardonnay
2018 Santolin 'Gladysdale' - Chardonnay
2019 Santolin 'Gladysdale - Chardonnay
2020 Santolin 'Gladysdale' - Chardonnay
2021 Santolin Gladysdale Chardonnay
Huon Hooke"Light-mid yellow colour with a malt, almond-meal, shortbread and smoked charcuterie bouquet. Creamy yeast lees too. The wine is rich and yet refined and elegant on the tongue, with line and length and lovely balance of fruit and artifact characteristics. (Willowlake Vineyard, Gladysdale)"
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