Mount Riley 17 Valley Chardonnay 2021

WINEMAKERS NOTES

The fruit from which this wine was made came from different vineyard parcels from Mount Riley’s Seventeen Valley and St Andrews Vineyards. The Seventeen Valley Vineyard is planted in Clone 95 and the St Andrews Vineyard in Clone 548. Together these clones offer a ripe stone fruit influence with citrus undertones. The balance of ripeness and fine acid gives the wine focus and length.

The grapes were handpicked and whole bunch pressed to gently extract juice. The juice was then fermented on full solids in five hundred litre French oak barriques, 30% of which were new, using indigenous yeast naturally found in Mount Riley’s winery and vineyards. Lees stirring was carried out post fermentation to build weight, texture and complexity.