Often seen as the pinnacle of white grapes, the Hills is a very good place to grow and make Chardonnay, that is for sure! The 2024 blend benefits from the addition of our new estate vineyard in Basket Range. Its beautifully refined and complex Adelaide Hills Chardonnay that balances acidity, oak and powerful fruit just right.
Vineyards: Ashton, Basket Range, Charleston, Piccadilly & Lenswood
Vine age: 22-31 years
Clones: i10v1, 95 & 96
Elevation: 400-500m
Aspects: Various
Soils: Light loamy clay over sandstone with extensive schist & quartz rubble.
Vinification: 100% whole cluster pressed and settled in tank overnight. Racked to a mixture of French and Austrian barriques, puncheons and foudre for nine months, 20% new.
Alc: 13.0%
Production: 770 dozen