Rimu Grove Chardonnay
Winemaker's Notes
Harvest date: 18 March 2020
Sugars at harvest: 23.1 Brix
Bottling date: 17 March 2021
Cases produced: 221
Alcohol: 13%
pH: 3.35
T/A: 6.4 gm/litre
100% fruit from the Moutere sub-region.
Naturally barrel fermented in 100% French oak.
Grapes were picked by hand and whole-bunch pressed, followed by cool fermentation in 225L barriques. The wine was routinely barrel-stirred on full lees for 11 months.