2002 Yering Farm Chardonnay

Tasting Notes:
Rich nose of ripe nectarine/dried fruits balanced with toasty oak and creamy lees complexity. Palate is fresh and silky in texture with great length, will age well.

Viticulture:
Grown on Scott Henry trellising for sun exposure and to control vigour. The 2002 vintage produced low yields and extended ripening period to give the fruit intense flavour. Selected parcels of fruit were hand picked over a two week period.

Winemaking:
The fruit was handpicked, gently crushed and pressed before cold settling. Barrel fermented in one and two year old French oak at a controlled temperature of 12-18 ºC, the wine went through full malolactic with regular stirring of yeast lees over the following 9 months.

Winemaker: Alan Johns
Alcohol: 12.7%
pH: 3.45
Acidity: 8.0 g/l

Gold Medal 2004 Victorian Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2004 Ballarat Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2003 Royal Melbourne Wine Show
4 ½ Stars Winestate March/April 2005
90 out of 100 James Halliday's 2005 Wine Companion

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