Mount Mary Chardonnay 2015

Mount Mary Chardonnay 2015Mount Mary is one of the iconic wineries of Australia and one of the jewels of the Yarra Valley. Their Chardonnay plays second fiddle to the Quintet and Pinot Noir but is up there with the very best Yarra Valley chardonnays. Fruit is sourced from a low yielding vineyard, comprising a large proportion of the Mendoza clone, planted on Silurian mudstones with high clay content. "What a wine! Textbook Yarra Valley Chardonnay here. Nectarine, struck match,

over 50 hectares of vines have been planted on the property

" says fifth-generation winemaker Alfio Cavallotto of the eponymous Barolo estate

but also respecting the integrity of the fruit

But we make every wine as if we were just making a couple of barrels

She not only manages over 100 hectares of vineyards but is custodian of precious old vines

The wine was matured for 12 months in French oak and American oak (9% new)

and people

Juicy red and purple fruits supported by balanced oak and tannins

This '15 is a classical Best's Great Western red too

Nestled in the heart of the famed 'terra rossa' strip of the Coonawarra region in South Australia

500 vines per hectare and produces an average of just two-and-a-half bottles of wine per vine

gorgeous maturity is showing