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2015 Dog Point Vineyard Chardonnay
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TASTING NOTE
Bouquet: A ripe, citrus driven Chardonnay. Characteristic biscuit and oatmeal secondary characters and mild flinty notes contrast and compliment the fruit.
Palate: Our hallmark fresh, vibrant acidity offered by the Mendoza clone offers vitality and vibrancy. A modest amount of new oak delivering subtle char and phenolic structure to the wine. An intensely flavoured yet youthful and lively vintage for Dog Point Chardonnay.
Cellaring: Five to seven years.
Vintage - Our 2015 harvest, began with an early start on the 3rd March after a warm and dry season, with only half of our annual rainfall (310mm). It was a small yielding year due to indifferent weather at flowering, followed by a dry summer, which lead to concentrated wines that will age well.
Viticulture - 4.5 tonnes/hectare. Some plantings date back to 1981
Clones - 75% Mendoza Clones, 25% Clone 95
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Growing Region Marlborough home vineyards
Alcohol 13.5% pH 3.27 Acidity 7.1 g/l
Maturation
18 months in older French Oak barrels (15% new)
Winemaking
2/3 Mendoza, 1/3 B95 clones hand-picked from our home vineyard at 5 tonnes/ha (30hl/ha), from vines dating back to 1981. Fruit is whole bunch pressed and transferred directly to French oak barrels (15% new) and left to undergo indigenous primary and secondary malolactic fermentations for 18 months in barrel. Bottled without fining and with only minimal filtration.
Bouquet: A ripe, citrus driven Chardonnay. Characteristic biscuit and oatmeal secondary characters and mild flinty notes contrast and compliment the fruit.
Palate: Our hallmark fresh, vibrant acidity offered by the Mendoza clone offers vitality and vibrancy. A modest amount of new oak delivering subtle char and phenolic structure to the wine. An intensely flavoured yet youthful and lively vintage for Dog Point Chardonnay.
Cellaring: Five to seven years.
Vintage - Our 2015 harvest, began with an early start on the 3rd March after a warm and dry season, with only half of our annual rainfall (310mm). It was a small yielding year due to indifferent weather at flowering, followed by a dry summer, which lead to concentrated wines that will age well.
Viticulture - 4.5 tonnes/hectare. Some plantings date back to 1981
Clones - 75% Mendoza Clones, 25% Clone 95
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Growing Region Marlborough home vineyards
Alcohol 13.5% pH 3.27 Acidity 7.1 g/l
Maturation
18 months in older French Oak barrels (15% new)
Winemaking
2/3 Mendoza, 1/3 B95 clones hand-picked from our home vineyard at 5 tonnes/ha (30hl/ha), from vines dating back to 1981. Fruit is whole bunch pressed and transferred directly to French oak barrels (15% new) and left to undergo indigenous primary and secondary malolactic fermentations for 18 months in barrel. Bottled without fining and with only minimal filtration.