2022 Chardonnay - Volcanic Lakes

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2022 Chardonnay - Volcanic Lakes

History: Good Intentions Wine located Mount Gambier was established by Andrew Burchell released the first vintage in 2014. Vineyards are located on the south side of one of Australia’s youngest volcano with limestone soil. Limestone filters the rainfall naturally and the result is a pure water thriving with minerality. This incredible soil complexity and the cool climate makes for perfect growing conditions and in turn beautiful, elegant and totally unique wines like no others.
Winery use old world wine methods, preferring the challenges of hand picking our fruit, open fermenting with indigenous yeast an only adding suiphur when required by the wine. All wines are unfined, unfiltered and bottled inside winery. Our aim is to produce great tasting unique wines expressing this unique terroir above anything else.
Vineyard: Single site Chardonnay from our estate-owned organic vineyard.
This unique vineyard sits right at the base of the volcanic slope of Mount Gambier / Berrin and the region's major volcanic crater, “Blue Lake” / Waa Wor, producing grapes grown on the heaviest volcancic soils in Australia. The fruit is left to hang on the vines late until April.
Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Region: Mount Gambier
Winemaker’s Comment:. . This Chardonnay is not like what your grandma used to drink; it has great body and texture and use of old oak barrels makes our chardonnay fruit driven. The volcanic soils are showcased in this delicious chardonnay; with amazing natural acidity combined with a saline quality continuing the unique style of Mount Gambier / Berrin's volcanic soil structure. These soils are some of the most interesting soil profiles in Australia, volcanic ash over lava.
Style : medium bodied
Aroma: Lemon, mineral, white flowers, apricot
Palate This is mid-weight Chardonnay with striking natural acidity and saline morish-ness, credit to the site’s utterly unique volcanic soil.
Drinkable Period: 2023 - 2028
Alcohol: 13%.
Score/Award: Wine Front: 95 points

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