RESERVE BIN A ADELAIDE HILLS CHARDONNAY

FIRST VINTAGE

1994.

VARIETY

Chardonnay.

ORIGIN

Adelaide Hills, South Australia, from the Piccadilly Valley to Birdwood.

FERMENTATION

100 percent barrel fermented with 100 percent malolactic fermentation.

MATURATION

Matured for around 8 to 10 months in tightly grained French oak barriques of varying ages. Lees retention and stirring (battonage).

COMMENTS

Early vintages include some Tumbarumba fruit. Released entirely under screwcap since the 2003 vintage. Not made in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2011.

This wine has all the great characters of Grand Cru chardonnay, but it s very

much from South Australia. KYM SCHROETER, White Winemaker

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