2021 Commune of Buttons Basket Town White

Superb lo-fi Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, fresh and precise.

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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.

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

Commune of Buttons

Siblings Jasper and Sophie Button returned home some years ago to help save their family vineyard nestled in the Basket Range of the Adelaide Hills, planted primarily to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay 20 years ago by their mother.

They began restoring the site and transitioning to organic and biodynamic farming, and at some point decided that rather than sell off their prized grapes to others, they’d turn their hand to winemaking.

The wines are made naturally with only minimal sulphur additions and slow, gentle ferments. Jasper's winemaking has taken them to the front of the pack in the lo-fi Australian wine scene. With each release, the wines are more refined and detailed. They are wonderfully pure, unadulterated and as loveable as the family who makes them.

Jasper Button - Basket RangeAdelaide Hills Commune of Buttons

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