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Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay 2008
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Tight complex aromas of stone fruits, lemon, white peach and ironstone fruitiness followed by a restrained spice note.
Zesty and lively on the front palate. Lifted citrus and white peach notes follow. The complexity and contrast of ironstone flinty notes and slight chalk/quarts notes mix nicely with hints of lemon and fresh stone fruits. The acidity and nicely balanced oak run through the back palate keeping the wine lively, focused and tight.
A complex wine showing both restraint and finesse with balanced acidity keeping the wine focused achieving good length. Ready to drink now this wine will gain in complexity and reward cellaring over the next 6 years.
Fruit for this wine was sourced from three different locations in the Isolation Ridge vineyard at Frankland Estate. The vineyard is planted on undulating northern and eastern facing slopes and has duplex soils of ironstone gravel and loam over a clay sub soil. The vines are all from the low yielding Mendoza clone renowned for its combination of large and small berries in the same bunch. This results in highly concentrated fruit flavours. The vine canopy is trained on a combination of vertical shoot and Scott Henry trellis to allow increased air circulation. The Isolation Ridge Vineyard is managed under organic principal, a practice we feel important for reflecting terroir driven wines.
Hand picked in the early morning the fruit was lightly whole bunch pressed and left in tanks for 24 hours to settle. The juice is then racked off its heavy lees to 500litre French barrels for wild yeast fermentation. Some barrel stirring through fermentation and post fermentation occurred resulting in a wine with complexity and individuality. The wine was transferred out of barrel after 9 months on lees before being bottled.
'Quite a tight and lemony bouquet, with a strong mineral underpinning providing contrast and complexity; the palate is zesty and full of life, with a quartz-like quality to the structure; extremely long, fresh and enticing. Screwcap. 13.5% alc. Rating 94' - James Halliday.
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WBW Rating: 94/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Frankland River WA |
Winemaker: Barrie Smith
Drink now until: 2014
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