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Woodlands 'Brook Vineyard' Chardonnay 2022
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- TASTING NOTE: For fans of richer styles of chardonnay, and I know there are plenty of you out there, well, this one’s for the taking. The plump palate is full of stone fruit, citrus and honeydew with plenty of ginger-spiced cream and nougatine. Very rich with cedary oak adding sweet spices and some phenolic grip. 94 Points - Jane Faulkner, Halliday
- ABOUT THE WINE: The vineyard faces north west on free-draining Wilyabrup soils. The rows are a mere 2 metres from each other, providing a vine density roughly double that of the Woodlands vineyard. The soils are Wilyabrup Class 1 – with a clay loam top soil, a bed of gravel and then a bed of white clay. The existing vineyard is on a very gentle west facing slope, surrounded by south facing pastoral land.
- ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Established in 1973 by David and Heather Watson, Woodlands was one of the first 5 vineyards planted in the Margaret River region. The first cuttings were taken from the adjacent Moss Wood vineyard. The original dry grown 8 acres, planted between 1973 and 1976, has expanded over time to 26 acres of organic vineyards on prime classic rolling Wilyabrup landscape. The classic sandy loams over ancient gravelly red/brown loam over clay are especially suited to Cabernet Sauvignon and Margaret River’s remarkable “Gin Gin” clone Chardonnay. Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir are also grown. For much of the 1990’s the fruit was sold to nearby wineries, however in 1999 production under the Woodlands name began once in again. Since 2002 David Watson’s son Stuart has been the full time winemaker. His highly intuitive and laissez faire approach to winemaking, together with a superb vineyard site, has resulted in a flurry of interest from the media and fine wine collectors particularly for the Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. In 2007 the Watson family purchases the Woodlands Brook vineyard to further grow their vineyard holdings.
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Margaret River, Western Australia
- SUB-REGION: Wilyabrup
- VARIETALS: Chardonnay
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Stuart Watson
- CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming, Vegan
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
