L.A.S. Vino Wildberry Springs Chardonnay

The L.A.S Vino Wildberry Springs Chardonnay has pale yellow hues with rich aromas of ginger, green apples, pineapples, nougat, grapefruit, and custard notes. The palate is rich and creamy but perfectly balanced out with an acid line underneath that weight. This fine balance is layered and built into a very long finish.

Sitting in the heart of Willyaburp, growing on rich gravelly loam soils, this 25-year-old vineyard is immaculate, with no vines out of place. It took a few years before the fruits can be picked from the vineyard. Planted by John Durack, whose family were the first to bring the cattle over the top end into Kimberly. The majority of this wine is made from gin-gin, with a small percentage of clone three and five for complexity.

The grapes were handpicked, first thing in the morning, chilled overnight, whole bunch pressed and naturally fermented in oak. The primary fermentation took over 9 months to complete and was still ticking away in November. A natural malo occurred during this time as well. The lees were stirred fortnightly, but this wine was in constant flux due to the extended fermentation. Bringing energy, texture and weight to a wine, which in previous years has been known for its purity and tension. 8 barrels of this wine were fermented and matured in 1 -2-year-old French oak, In addition, a singular new stockinger Austrian oak barrique and a singular new Damy allier barrique were used too.