Mount Riley 17 Valley Chardonnay 2021

Stone fruit, citrus and a touch of gunflint combine with beautifully integrated spice and toast characters derived from the fermentation in barrel. A wine of complexity and character. Fruit concentration is supported by mealy texture, spice and toasted nuts, and a bright natural acidity, creating a wine with balance and length of flavour.

The fruit from which this wine was made came from different vineyard parcels from Mount Riley’s Seventeen Valley, Anderson and Renwick vineyards. These vineyards are planted in a mixture of B95 and 2/23 clones. Together these clones offer a ripe stone fruit influence with citrus undertones. The balance of ripeness and fine acid gives the wine focus and length.

fermented on full solids in five hundred litre French oak barriques, 30% of which were new, using indigenous yeast naturally found in Mount Riley’s winery and vineyards.