2021 Commune of Buttons Basket Town White
Adelaide Hills, SA
Superb lo-fi Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, fresh and precise.
$38.00
Out of Stock
About The Wine
The debut Basket Town white is almost all Chardonnay... but there's a whack of the rare Chardonnay Muscat grape in the mix. It's sourced from the high altitude vineyards at Casa Freschi in the Piccadilly Valley.
It's a more opulent number, at least aromatically, with an orchard of stone fruits apparent. That richness diminishes on the palate, as it tightens up, becoming fine and chalky.
About Commune of Buttons
Siblings Jasper and Sophie Button returned home a few years ago to help save their family vineyard, planted primarily to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay 20 years ago by their mother.
They began restoring the site and transitioning to organic and biodynamic principles, and at some point decided that rather than sell off their prized grapes to others, they’d turn their hand to winemaking.
Just a couple vintages in, the results have been fantastic. The wines are made naturally with only minimal sulphur additions and slow, gentle ferments. The Buttons' wines are as loveable as the family who made them.
Photo Credit: Nat Rogers
From The Producer
The Basket Town white is from the villages of Mylor (Kas Sluiter vineyard), Carey Gully (Merrowbank vineyard, Commune of Buttons) and Basket Range (Estate Vineyard). The intention of the Basket Town wines is to blend select barrels of each parcel to find a balanced textural white that speaks of the region.
The grapes were harvested in late March with the parcels each ripening on average 2 weeks later than normal. This was due to a cooler ripening period and rain during harvest. Fruit for the basket town was direct pressed and after settling overnight each parcel fermented in barriques and hogsheads where elevage took place for 6 months on full lees. The parcels were then blended into a stainless-steel tank and aged for a further 3 months before bottling.
The wine is saline and tightly bound, with air there is more straw and lees with a peachy lime nose – easy drinking
Blend : Chardonnay, Chardonnay Muscat
ABV : 12%
Closure : Cork
Drink Until : 2026
Bottle Size : 750ml
Adelaide Hills, SA
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