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This year the parcels for Basket Town Chardonnay are from the Udys vineyard in Piccadilly Valley, and the Commune of Buttons Vineyard. The Piccadilly valley sites are red and yellow clays over sandstone and leced with quartz and shist and sit at 450m altitude. The grapes were hand harvested March, each parcel was direct pressed. After settling overnight juice was transferred to barriques where wild fermentation took place, the elevage was for 9 months. The wine is saline and tightly bound. There is excellent texture and mouth feel from slow pressing and great focus and minerality from light extraction.
This year the parcels for Basket Town Chardonnay are from the Udys vineyard in Piccadilly Valley, and the Commune of Buttons Vineyard. The Piccadilly valley sites are red and yellow clays over sandstone and leced with quartz and shist and sit at 450m altitude. The grapes were hand harvested March, each parcel was direct pressed. After settling overnight juice was transferred to barriques where wild fermentation took place, the elevage was for 9 months. The wine is saline and tightly bound. There is excellent texture and mouth feel from slow pressing and great focus and minerality from light extraction.