2023 Animale Yarra Valley Chardonnay

Young and crunchy Yarra Chardonnay with a good creamy core.
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Dave Mackintosh is dab hand at great value Yarra winemaking, among his many other dab hands. This new Chardonnay release under the Animale label is vibrant fun with a leesy, creamy serious side.

The Dixon's Creek sub-region is the Chardonnay source, with early picked grapes looking towards a zingy, early drinking style. But with some time in French oak, minimal sulphur and an unfined and unfiltered mantra, this has turned into something much more interesting...

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  • GG
    Gareth G.
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    Cracker Chardonnay

    Great value at this price point , crisp fresh fruit with a little linger … it’s like the gift that keeps giving

This comes from the Highbow vineyard, beautiful old I10V1 and P58 clones. It's a south-facing slope of light-brown duplex clay loams in the Dixons Creek subregion. The fruit was picked early to achieve a citrus profile with lightness, freshness and smacking acidity. It was pressed directly to a mixture of old French puncheons and hogsheads with full solids.

Natural fermentation was allowed to peak at 23 degrees and progressed nicely until sugar dryness, 24 days later. The wine was then topped, chilled lightly and left without sulphur until two weeks before bottling. No fining or filtration.

Price Bracket $30 or Less
Type White
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Chardonnay
Country Australia
Region Yarra Valley
Australian State VIC
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
Closure Screw Cap

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