The Schmidt Chardonnay 2017

Vineyard:
Select cool climate vineyards in South Australia

Barrique?
No – Aged in stainless steel tank to maintain the fruit vibrancy. Aged on lees with occasional lees stirring to add texture.

Winemaking:
Sourced from select cool climate vineyards in South Australia. The fruit is picked at night during the coolest part of the day, then cold skin soaked for 4 hours before pressing, both free run and light pressings were used. After pressing, the wine was settled and racked before seeding using two yeasts Vin 7 and QA 23 to undergo a cool, controlled fermentation. On completion of fermentation the wine was racked, cold stabilised and sterile filtered before bottling. 

Winemakers comments:    
Characteristics
Colour: Light straw yellow with a crisp green hue.
Nose: Fresh stone fruits and pear jump out of the glass with a subtle hint of grapefruit.
Palate: The fresh stone fruit flavours continue on the palate with a clean citrus acidity to finish.

Vintage:
High spring rainfall, followed by a cool start to the growing season meant that fruit ripeness occurred later than usual at lower Baume. This is particularly suited to white wines producing very high-quality wines with lovely natural acid and good minerality. 

Favourite Recipe for this wine:
Oysters, goats cheese, Grilled Haloumi Salad