Tournon Landsborough Vineyard Chardonnay 2022
Notes of toasted brioche and tropical fruits are lifted by crisp citrus flavours. The rich, rounded palate and textural weight is perfectly offset by the keen acidity and a long, lean mineral finish.
Grapes for this wine are sourced from an organically-farmed 1.4 hectare plot in the Landsborough vineyard, planted on well-drained soils comprised of loose quartz, shale and silt. The grapes were handharvested at night.
The grapes were whole-bunch pressed and the juice was taken off the skins, before undergoing alcoholic fermentation at 17-19 degrees in French oak barrels with indigenous yeast. Following malolactic fermentation, the wine was then aged for ten months in French oak barrels, twenty percent of which were new, with battonage taking place every two to four weeks.
The Chapoutier family have long been known as a leading light of the Rhône Valley, but in 1997 Michel Chapoutier expanded their horizons into the New World, specifically the Australian region of Victoria. Initially making wines in conjunction with renowned local wineries such Jasper Hill and Giaconda, in 2009 Chapoutier purchased the Shays Flat and Landsborough Valley estates in the Australian Pyrenees, giving birth to the wholly owned Domaine Tournon. Here Chapoutier’s skilled hand manages to evoke the minerality and elegance of the Northern Rhône, whilst still expressing the soil and climate of Victoria.
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