Anchorage Estate "Barrel Fermented" Chardonnay 2024

Wine Making

Harvested in the cool mornings of late March. The Chardonnay grapes were brought into the winery in pristine condition and gentle pressed. The juice was then fermented warm in French oak puncheons, 20% new oak and aged for ten months on yeast lees to develop texture, richness and ripe fruit flavors having gone through full malolactic fermentation before being prepared and bottled. 

Tasting Note

Fruit driven and smooth, our 2024 Chardonnay features delicious white peach and nectarine aromas, with subtle French oak puncheons and lees aging adding complexity. The palate is concentrated and moreish displaying fine minerality and incredible length of flavor.

Wine Analysis

Vineyard: Flett Road 
pH of wine: 3.45
T.A of wine: 7.0 g/L 
Residual Sugar of wine: 1.6 g/L 
Alc: 14.5%