2018 Santolin 'Gladysdale'
Chardonnay
This 2018 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.
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Hand picking commenced on March 4th 2018. 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 until blending, where the wine underwent a single, course filtration before bottling.
ABV%: 13.0%
Varieties: 100% Yarra Valley Chardonnay
Vineyard: Santolin
Cellar info: 5 -8 Years
Fermentation: Barrel ferment. Indigenous yeast.
Oak: 100 %French oak, 30% new. 10 months
Production Total: 265 dozen
Service temperature: 11˚C
Service temperature: 11˚C
Food match: Grilled seafood & chicken
Other vintages:
2020 Santolin 'Gladysdale' - Chardonnay
2019 Santolin 'Gladysdale - Chardonnay
2018 Santolin 'Gladysdale' - Chardonnay
2017 Santolin 'Gladysdale' Chardonnay
Complex aromas of toast, yeast and flint with hint of white flower and white stone fruit. Textural palate with notes of white peach, grapefruit and well integrated oak.
Ned Goodwin"Hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed before an indigenous fermentation. A small portion was skin-inflected, conferring a waft of phenolics and flavour intensity. Maturation: all . Delicious. Long and intense, brimming with white nectarine, tatami, cedar-vanillin oak and truffled, wild yeast, nougat scents. This is tightly furled, nascent and virile. The smoky oak riding uber alles."
2020 Halliday Wine Companion94 points
