Crocodile's Lair, Chardonnay 2018

Deliciously complex with fresh and crispy fruit flavours heralding a complete wine. Gooseberry, sweet melon, jasmine and rose petal all combine to build on layers of this taste discovery. The nutty and creamy components will enhance the development of the taste profile to allow for added interest as the wine matures!

Harvest is invariably an exciting time awash with smells emanating from every corner of the winery, but few can rival the magical smell of fermenting Chardonnay in oak barrels. Bunches are added to the press intact and the juices extracted from the berries by long and gentle pressing, yielding more clarity and flavour complexities. Fermentation happens in oak barrels varying in age between new and fifth fill and typically lasts for a week. Thereafter, depending on vintage needs, a proportion of the barrels are prevented from completing malo-lactic fermentation, thus retaining palate freshness and gaining fruit focus. The final blend is racked from barrel following eight months maturation without any stirring of the lees and bottled with a light filtration

The final blend is racked from barrel following eight months maturation without any stirring of the lees and bottled with a light filtration

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