Clonal Selection Chardonnay

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Selectected from eight small parcels of Chardonnay, made from Dijon clones CY96, CY95, CY76 and the Entav clone CY548.

Grapes were hand-picked in the early autumnal mornings, placed into small lug baskets and tipped directly into a press before being gently whole-bunch pressed. The juice gravity-flowed directly to the barrel without settling. The unclarified juice had no enzymes or yeast added to it and therefore underwent spontaneous fermentation until dry, with malolactic discouraged. The wine rested in barrel for four months before judicious sulphuring and  a further seven months maturation in barrel before racking, blending and bottling. 

A small number of artisanal coopers were selected, all from Burgundy and only French oak was chosen. Importantly, each clone and soil type was micro vinified as separate batches. Overall, the average in 2019 was 42.1% new oak, 89.8% 22l and 10.20% 500 l. 

Restrained, mineral style focussed on elegance with a white fruit character, some oatmeal and some complexity gained from percipient applied wood.