Isabella Chardonnay 2021

In this fresh and elegant wine with its peach-blossom fragrance, the oaking (11 months in this case) is subtle, serving only to spice the stone fruit, melon and citrus flavours with hints of hazelnuts and vanilla cream.

The grapes were hand harvested before being whole-bunch pressed. The juice was chilled to about 8 ˚C for two days. The clear juice was then taken off the sediment and pumped into 500 L French Oak barrels where it underwent a combination of inoculated and natural fermentation.

After the alcoholic fermentation (30% wild fermentation) the wine underwent 55 % malolactic fermentation and spent 11 months in French oak before being racked and blended. It was then stabilized before being bottled and labelled.

The wine underwent 55 % malolactic fermentation and spent 11 months in French oak barrels.