Yellow Tail Chardonnay

Chardonnay when made in this fresh, leaner style is a lovely summery drink. Forget the flabby Chardonnay wines of yesteryear, this is the modern incarnation of the variety with plenty to enjoy in its youth. Melons, white peach and a hint of nutty complexity drive a soft textured palate but in the end it's just a wonderful drink. Anything but Chardonnay is a thing of the past!Aroma:Cashew nuts, rockmelon and white peach.Flavour:A rush of peach and melon is met by more of the nuttiness from the bouquet. This is a lithe, seamless white wine. Serve with roast quail, pork chops or salad Nicoise.Recently receiving GOLD at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show, the wine shows ripe characters of peach and rockmelon, which are striking on the nose. This leads into a fresh and floral front palate where there is an up-front sweetness, adding to the wines` lengthy oak richness. Harvested early to mid season, Chardonnay in the Riverina and Riverland regions exhibits ripe rockmelon and peach characters, without being overly tropical in flavor.The fruit is crushed though widened rollers and then gently air bag pressed. Free run and pressings components are kept separate, using only the free run for Yellow Tail Chardonnay. The juice is then cold settled and lightly fined to remove harsh phenolics before being fermented by specially selected yeast strains. As soon as the fermentation is complete, the wine is cold stabilised and gently oaked for 6 months prior to bottling.The sweet and savoury palate lends itself to both pasta or meat dishes, or you could "throw some shrimp on the barbie" perhaps.Recently receiving GOLD at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show, the wine shows ripe characters of peach and rockmelon, which are striking on the nose. This leads into a fresh and floral front palate where there is an up-front sweetness, adding to the wines` lengthy oak richness. The gold medal was awarded in the commercial dry white class of the show where it was nudged out of contention for 3 major Trophies by a ½ point (56.5 pts received) ……. - Best White Wine in Show- Best Dry White Commercial Wine in Show- Best Chardonnay in Show Chardonnay is considered a ‘noble’ variety and is found in some of the world's fanciest wines, including Champagne