Onannon ‘Flinders’ Chardonnay The Orchard Vineyard 2023 bernard-dugat-py ALCOHOL 14

ALCOHOL 14

this First Classified Growth of Saint-Émilion has a purple colour

Whole bunches

This is straight up and down Great Southern Riesling

delicatessen complexity

Onannon ‘Flinders’ Chardonnay The Orchard Vineyard 2023 bernard-dugat-py ALCOHOL 14The 2023 Chardonnay was showing all the right flavours very early in the season, based on this I picked it on these flavours, and was happy to ride the searing acid in the juice. I love malolactic fermentation in Chardonnay so after oxidising the juice (house style) and barrelling down straight from the press, I let the wine sit in barrel for what seemed an eternity. Around Christmas time I tasted the orchard barrels selected two I flew reflected the