Commune of Buttons - 2023 Eurilla Chardonnay

2023 Eurilla Chardonnay

Variety
Chardonnay
Region
Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Volume
750ml

Chardonnay vines from the cool, late-ripening Merrowbank Vineyard in Piccadilly Valley. The vines are perched on a south-facing slope at 500 metres, were planted in 1998 and are rooted in sandy clay soils with quartz and hardened sandstone. The fruit was pressed as whole bunches to three-year-old barriques for fermentation followed by eleven months maturation in the same vessel. Eurilla Chardonnay has a generous mid-palate of cashews and white peach. There is ample fruit weight, underlined b...Read More...

Chardonnay vines from the cool, late-ripening Merrowbank Vineyard in Piccadilly Valley. The vines are perched on a south-facing slope at 500 metres, were planted in 1998 and are rooted in sandy clay soils with quartz and hardened sandstone. The fruit was pressed as whole bunches to three-year-old barriques for fermentation followed by eleven months maturation in the same vessel. Eurilla Chardonnay has a generous mid-palate of cashews and white peach. There is ample fruit weight, underlined by minerality and chalk with thirst-quenching natural acidity. - Jasper Button, Winemaker. 

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