2019 Gentle Folk Ashton Chardonnay
Basket Range, SA
The fuller-bodied single-vineyard Chardonnay from Gareth Belton in 2019. Amazing balance and concentration here.
$45.00
Out of Stock
About The Wine
Chardonnay may be Gareth Belton's specialty variety.
He has perfected a beautiful approach to crafting these single vineyard expressions of the variety from across the Adelaide Hills. His methodology is a simple one. The fruit is whole bunch pressed straight to large format oak and left to hang out, undisturbed, for almost a year before bottling.
The idea behind this simple approach allows the differences in the vineyards he works with to shine. The Ashton Chardonnay is the richer of the three releases this year, with a little more generosity on show as a young wine. Though, in the context of modern Adelaide Hils Chardonnay, it's on the lighter end of the spectrum, this is a beautiful, elegantly crafted wine that shows Adelaide Hills Chardonnay ina delicious light.
About Gentle Folk
Deep in the rolling vineyards of the Basket Range in the Adelaide Hills lives Gareth and Rainbo Belton.
They are two of the country's leading experts in seaweed who caught the wine bug a few years ago and now run a winery making small batches of fun and creative wines with their friends in the Basket range.
Gareth farms their three vineyards himself. He works organically in the vineyard and with little to no additions in the winery. The Gentle Folk wines have an energy and style all their own.
Made for drinking with friends and family, these are clean, unpretentious and delicious wines built for fun times. Get involved and be Gentle with each other.
Basket Range, Adelaide Hills
From The Producer
Vineyard: Ric’s, Ashton (Estate)
Planted: 1996
Variety: Chardonnay
Clone: i10v1
Elevation: 500m
Aspect: N
Soils: Light loamy clay over sandstone with extensive schist and quartz rubble
Farming: Biodynamic
Production: 100 dozen
Vinification: 100% whole bunch pressing to tank for settling overnight before racking off solids to barrel. The wine spent 11 months in French and Austrian oak, 25% new. Full malolactic fermentation. Bottled under natural cork sealed with wax.
Blend : Chardonnay (100%)
ABV : 13%
Closure : Cork
Drink Until : 2025
Bottle Size : 750ml
Basket Range, Adelaide Hills
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