Novum Chardonnay 2022

Light lemon/lime colour. Aromas of red apple and sweet fruit tea, lees spices and white flowers. Pure on the palate – dry, precise, with a youthful acid line, extremely fine tannins and a fine lees character. Flavours of white orchard fruits, wood spices and stone-like minerality.

The grapes were hand harvested, then whole bunch pressed using a very low maceration press cycle. A small addition of sulphur was added at the press to protect the wine from oxidising. The juice was cold settled for 12 hours before being transferred to barrel (10% new oak) with light lees for a wild fermentation. Post fermentation, the wine remained on lees in barrel, and stirred monthly on the full moon. After 13 months the wine was gently transferred out of barrel for bottling, no fining agents were added, just a small amount of sulphur to ensure the wine will age well. Bottled March 2022