Allan Scott Black Label Marlborough Chardonnay 2020

Description

• French oak
• Stonfruit
• Almond
• Luxurious

A luxurious Marlborough Chardonnay, displaying typical mineral notes from the Wairau Valley - stone fruit, pear and almond aromas, rounded off with a scrumptious mouth feel from its time in 100% French oak.

Handpicked Marlborough Chardonnay grapes from the Wairau Valley.

Pressed immediately into a stainless-steel tank for aquick settling period (6 hours) before hard racking. The wine is then inoculated and the fermenting juice was transferred to 500L French oak puncheons. After 14 months the wine was pumped out of the barrel and into a tank to let particles settle at the bottom after some time. Wine skips the filtration step, but this doesn't mean that it stays cloudy. They let gravity do the work and rack it into a fresh tank before bottling.