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Several batches of machine harvested fruit were de-stemmed to press. After a slow and gentle pressing cycle, the juice was settled and then fermented in stainless steel tanks at relatively warm temperatures, to minimize reductive or flinty notes. About half the wine was fermented in seasoned oak puncheons. We use selected yeast strains to create complexity and depth. The wine is kept on yeast lees for several months with regular lees stirring (battonage) to help develop complexity and richness, before blending, and filtration.
Oysters or Mussels, Roast Chicken, Mild and Creamy Cheeses.
The 2023 Stone Paddock Chardonnay is a light bodied wine. Showing ripe peach and stone fruit aromas with hints of nougat and grapefruit.
The gentle influence of battonage accentuates the sweet peach flavours, the texture is luscious with a full rich mid palate and zesty acidity accentuated by the grapefruit citrus fruit finish.
