2014 Brennan Chardonnay

Brennan’s first ever Chardonnay; this wine shows off balance between clean minerality and bright acidity, with a rounded texture from malolactic fermentation. Notes of flint, wet stone and olive lead to a smoky, brioche finish. Pair with Bluff oysters.

Finished wine detail: 3.15PH, 2g/l, 14% alc                           Harvest Date: 10 and 11 May

Crop level: 4.9 tonnes per hectare                                        Terroir: Alluvial schist

Block: Mendoza clone                                                           Average Brix at harvest:  24.5

Whole cluster percentage: 100% whole bunch pressed           Soaking: 7 days

Average time in fermenter: 30 days                                      Ferment: 56% barrel ferment natural                                                                                                                        yeast / 44% stainless steel innoculated

Maturation: 6 months barrel maturation                                New oak percentage: 22%

Date of bottling: 22 September 2015                                    Cases produced: 145