LB Chardonnay

Description

Nose: Lovely fresh lift of cashews, citrus, lychee with an underpinning of lemon grass and kaffir lime leaf.

Palate: Generous fruit on the front palate showing mandarin, pink grapefruit, with delicate lime acidity running the length of the wine. Subtle textural inputs of oak and creamy lees contact make this wine immediately consumable as an earlier drinking style.

Vineyard: Sourced from 3 vineyards running the length of the Margaret River growing region to encourage complexity. The fruit is mostly Gingin clone, with a portion of 95 clone as well. The cooler/southern vineyard has bought the acidity and lovely lime qualities to the wine, whilst the warmer vineyards have bought the citrus and generosity to the front palate.

Winery: The fruit was picked in the cool of the night and processed immediately to retain freshness. Juice was then run off to a combination of stainless steel and new French oak. Wild ferment was encouraged in the barrels, the tank portion was inoculated. The wine spent 6 months on lees to encourage mouthfeel and texture whilst aiming to retain some freshness before being blended and bottled.

Fermentation: 90% stainless steel, 10% oak

Wine Details

• Region Margaret River, Western Australia
• Vintage 2024
• Type White Wine
• Variety Chardonnay
• Alcohol Volume 12.9%
• Acidity

  6.3

• Sugar

  <1.0

• Tasting Notes

  TN LBCH 24.pdf

• Food Matches

  Scallops with lemon, basil and brown butter.