Johnny Q Chardonnay

Variety: Chardonnay

Vintage: Current vintage- enquiries welcome

Winemaker: John Quarisa

Region: McLaren Vale

Colour: Light yellow with hint of green colour

Bouquet: Fresh intense Chardonnay style showing some melon and peach fruit flavours balanced with some French spicy oak.

Palate: Medium bodied wine balanced with some creamy flavours with some use of oak and having a long crisp finish.

Vintage Conditions: Selected premium vineyards experienced ideal growing conditions producing wines of high sugar and flavours. Cool nights providing ideal harvesting conditions.

Serving Suggestion: Excellent partner to all types of seafood and white meats such as chicken.

Peak Drinking: This wine has the flavour, structure and balance to be enjoyed now or offers added satisfaction from further cellaring.

Wine Analysis: Alcohol: 13.70%
Ph: 3.29
TA: 6.80g/l

Vinification and Maturation: During the cool of the night, the grapes were picked at 13.5 Baume to produce the fruit flavours that are required to make this great wine. Once crushed, the juice was quickly pressed and chilled to cold temperatures to protect it from spoilage and to preserve the delicate fruit flavours. After 48 hours of cold settling, the juice was racked and fermented in a mixture of oak and stainless tanks. Once dry, the wines were left on yeast lees for a further 8 months to help create some complex characters that make the wine fuller and more enjoyable to drink. Careful tasting and blending, by our winemaker, help produce this wine of style and great value for money.