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Levantine Hill 'Katherine's Paddock' Chardonnay 2019
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- TASTING NOTE: "From the three chardonnay blocks on the Family Paddock planted to clones P58, Mendoza and Bernard 95. This is a beautiful wine. It leads with oyster shell and white peach, nectarine and lemon soufflé. Masterful composition with fruit weight and oak complexities skilfully interwoven, currents of salinity fraying the edges of its richness. Poached pear, crystallised ginger, abundance of white florals. Effortless, with great length. The flavours swell and intensify through the mid-palate before a slow and gentle retreat – a jewel in the Levantine crown." 97 Points - Katrina Butler, Halliday Wine Companion
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ABOUT THE WINE: Hand-picked at progressive ripening within the three blocks. Grapes are hand-sorted and whole-bunch pressed to tank and settled overnight. No pressings cuts made and grapes were given a considerable squeeze. Minimal SO2 or dry ice protection, only at end of pressing. Cloudy juice racked to barrel with light solids for 100% barrel fermentation utilising natural and cultured yeasts. Aged on lees in barrel with selective stirring on leaner barrels. A portion of barrels underwent 100% malolactic fermentation. Levantine Hill
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: This is the most ambitious project in the Yarra Valley since the establishment of Domaine Chandon a quarter of a century ago. It is the venture of Lebanese-born Elias (Eli) Jreissati and wife Colleen, Eli having amassed a fortune as a property developer, that business continuing apace. Levantine Hill has two vineyards, the larger (18ha) and older established by Soo Son in 1995, and purchased by Levantine Hill in 2010. The second vineyard fronts Hill Road with a little over 5ha of young vines. All the major varieties of the Yarra Valley are planted on one or other of the two vineyards, but the Soo Son vineyard is the more important from a business viewpoint. It has provided space for a cellar door, restaurant and winery designed by Fender Katsalidis, who created Hobart's avant garde, and technically awesomely challenging MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), and the Eureka Tower in Melbourne. The ground-hugging, futuristic buildings, their roof line reminiscent of a stealth bomber, are visible from the Maroondah Highway, and easily accessed via Hill Road. James Halliday
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Victoria, Yarra Valley
- VARIETAL: Chardonnay
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Paul Bridgeman, Peter Shone
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
