2004 Chardonnay
2004 Chardonnay
Coonawarra, South Australia
Museum Release
Wine Details
- Region Coonawarra, South Australia
- Vintage 2004
- Type White Wine
- Variety Chardonnay
- Volume 750ml
- Alcohol Volume 13%
- PH
3.33 g/l
- Acidity
6.71 g/l
- Closure ScrewCap
- Vineyard Notes
Vintage 2004 was very late and cool with the vintage intake finishing in the third week of May. Chardonnay fruit was handpicked over three days from the 24th March to the 1st April with baumes ranging between 12.3 and 12.7. All fruit this year was sourced from Balnaves Old block chardonnay (I10/V1 planted in 1987).
- Winemaking
Whole bunch pressed juice was barrel fermented on solids in new and one year old Seguin Moreau Chagny barriques and Dargaud and Jaegle Vosges barriques, with 60% of the ferments conducted with AWRI 1375 yeast this year. Malo-lactic fermentation on 60% of the wine and lees contact for ten months preceded bottling in March 2004. 25 barriques of Chardonnay were produced from the 2004 vintage.
Wine Details
- Region Coonawarra, South Australia
- Vintage 2004
- Type White Wine
- Variety Chardonnay
- Volume 750ml
- Alcohol Volume 13%
- PH
3.33 g/l
- Acidity
6.71 g/l
- Closure ScrewCap
- Vineyard Notes
Vintage 2004 was very late and cool with the vintage intake finishing in the third week of May. Chardonnay fruit was handpicked over three days from the 24th March to the 1st April with baumes ranging between 12.3 and 12.7. All fruit this year was sourced from Balnaves Old block chardonnay (I10/V1 planted in 1987).
- Winemaking
Whole bunch pressed juice was barrel fermented on solids in new and one year old Seguin Moreau Chagny barriques and Dargaud and Jaegle Vosges barriques, with 60% of the ferments conducted with AWRI 1375 yeast this year. Malo-lactic fermentation on 60% of the wine and lees contact for ten months preceded bottling in March 2004. 25 barriques of Chardonnay were produced from the 2004 vintage.