'A symphony of ripe stone fruits on the nose. This is unfettered and pure. The palate runs in a fluid, smooth arc of pristine stone fruit flavors. Texture is like a ripe peach. A real thing of beauty! Drink now. Screw cap" Nick Stock, jamessuckling.com, Nov 2017

This wine has brightness and clarity of light and aroma. It is well gathered and has harmony across the overall taste. There is an air of antiquity in this style yet a new world lift which makes for a very satisfying glass of wine. Warm and delicious, fine yet complex reflecting its true sense of place. There is an immediate eye appeal, which is shining and the floral aromas of orange and white blossom together with honeyed notes and nutty acorns which lead into a clean fresh yet soft complexity. It smells like yellow and tastes like the words from AA Milne. With time in the glass the taste progresses towards a long and rounded mouth texture clipped with cleansing acidity and framed by silken tannins. It is soft and appealing and the mouth flavours have not been altered with any additional fining from animal products so it is an honest expression from our place to your face. 

Opou Vineyard was first planted in 1969. Here there is a mixture of Chardonnay selections mostly from Mendoza selections. The soil type is complex clay loam over river derived silts giving wines of aroma and texture. The grape were hand harvested and pressed directly to small French Oak barrels from several cooperages where the grain of the original trees are tight allowing a long slow transfer of oxygen into the young wine as it matures. 17% of these barrels were new. Fermentation starts naturally and continues for 3 weeks rising in temperature to about 23C. Some barrels a secondary malolactic fermentation to soften the palate and increase texture. After 12 months, when the next season fruit comes into the winery, the wine is then assembled in stainless steel tanks to rest before being bottled, on the property in the following spring. Drink from 2017 – 2025.

This wine is BioGro Certified Organic & Demeter Certified Biodynamic