The fruit for this wine was grown in E block on Harewood Estate’s cool climate, coastal vineyard situated in the Denmark sub-region of the Great Southern, Western Australia. The fruit was picked early to enhance the inherent steely, flinty acidity and fine lemons and grapefruit characters. Only the finest, more “pristine”, free-run juice was used resulting in a wine of…
This wine has been made from Chardonnay grapes grown in the cool maritime climate of Denmark in the Great Southern wine region of Western Australia. The juice is barrel fermented in a mixture of new and second use French oak 225 litre barriques and larger 500 litre puncheons. Half of the barrels are lees stirred weekly, and allowed to undergo…
This estate grown Chardonnay is handpicked and whole bunch pressed resulting in the most pristine, high quality juice. The juice is barrel fermented in a mixture of new and second use French oak barriques. We use several yeast strains, including wild yeast, to add to the layers of complexity. A proportion of the barrels are lees stirred weekly, and allowed…
The grapes are sourced from the highest block on the Harewood vineyard and hand-picked almost 2 weeks earlier than the main harvest. The slightly early pick, combined with the cooler climate of the block, has resulted in an elegant wine with fine grapefruit acidity supported by lighter flavours of white peach. Ten months maturation in third use French oak on…
Apricus Hill, established in 1995, is the highest vineyard in Denmark on Western Australia’s south coast. At 750 feet above sea level and with panoramic views of the Southern Ocean the vineyard experiences a true maritime effect with cooling ocean breezes making it a true “cool climate” vineyard. Chardonnay juice is barrel fermented in a mixture of new and second…
The free run juice was fermented in powerful French oak coopered in Burgundy introducing spicy, toasty complexity and rich creamy textures. Additionally, the wine was allowed to go through a partial secondary malolactic fermentation further softening the wine and enhancing the rich savoury textures. Aromas of toasty oak and roasted cashews support rich nectarine fruit with hints of melon complementing…
