2021 Reserve Chardonnay Garbin Estate

2021 Reserve Chardonnay
Garbin Estate
Middle Swan, Perth WA

2024年2月パース旅行最終日
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桃、メロン、バター、ローストナッツの香り
濃すぎず、程よい果実味
爽やかな酸とクリーミーな舌触り
ベタっとした感じがせず
結構好みのシャルドネでした






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<vintage>
The 2021 vintage had the fourth driest winter on record, the third driest October on record but a record-wet November, with winter also falling below average. The late rain and fewer days above 35 degrees (compared with last season) helped this vintage keep more on schedule with previous years. Consequently, it allowed for balanced ripening and higher (compared to the previous year) yields resulting in high-quality fruit.

<growing>
This wine was made with low chemical inputs, no pesticides and with good vineyard management practices. When required, our spray program ensured limited fungal disease allowing for a progression in ripening. Machine-harvested on the 31st of January 2021.

<winemaking>
After how well received was the Chardonnay 2018 Reserve, the same methods were agreed upon for this flavour-driven white wine. The grapes have undergone a 2-hour press cycle. The wine was made with minimal intervention and matured in second-year French oak barrels for 9 months. The wine received lees stirring each month right up until bottling. Regular Ph and sulphur content testing was the only intervention required at that time.