GRAPES VARIETIES: Chardonnay
- 1x bottle 750ml
- VINTAGE: 2025 SANDALFORD Estate Reserve Chardonnay, ALC: 13.5%
Estate Reserve Range: Our Wilyabrup vineyard is one of the largest and oldest in Margaret River and produces all the fruit for our Estate Reserve range. We spare no expense to ensure each wine is a benchmark in its own right and is created using only the very best new French Oak barrels. These quality standards are worth the effort, as indicated by the numerous awards the Estate Reserve range receives.
WINEMAKERS COMMENTS:
Crafted from old vine Gingin clone Chardonnay grown on the original Sandalford vineyard in Wilyabrup, Margaret River. This wine displays all the hallmarks of great Margaret River Chardonnay – rich, bright, intense fruit flavours supported by a lovely natural acid balance. Hand-picked fruit was refrigerated and transported to the winery for whole bunch pressing. The juice was immediately transferred to French oak barriques (35% new) for fermentation using native yeasts. During the 9 months maturation on lees, the wine underwent a natural malolactic fermentation resulting in a softening of the acid. Following maturation, the wine was assembled, received a light fining, stabilized, filtered and botted.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS:
The South West of Western Australia experienced below-average rainfall leading into the growing season and the warmest spring temperatures on record for Western Australia. The weather pattern remained hot and dry throughout the growing season resulting in the warmest summer on record. Flowering, version, and ripening all occurred early which led to vintage commencing two weeks earlier than normal. Harvesting occurred at optimal ripeness, and the resulting wines are full of flavour and generosity.
