Elephant In The Room Premium Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2020 (Australia)

Description

• French oak
• Decadent
• Creamy
• Monster mouthfeel

"Beautifully composed and expressed with apricot, apple, nougat and hazelnut aromas on the nose, it's succulent and rounded displaying silky flow and creamy mouthfeel. Elegantly structured by well-pitched acidity, finishing long and comforting" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2021

They decided to make an anti-fashion wine in terms of a Chardonnay that is big in flavours with plenty of creamy vanilla oak. Although not in vogue, drinkers love these styles and there’s a reason: they are lip-smackingly delicious. This Adelaide Hills Chardonnay is a homage to the giant flavoured wines of yesteryear aged in small oak barrels with a monster mouthfeel it’s a Chardonnay that is decadent and moreish.

Sourced from established vineyards in the Adelaide Hills. The sheltered aspect and consistent temperatures combine to ensure the retention of natural acidity in the elegant fruit harvested.

2020 will certainly be remembered as one of the more challenging vintages for vignerons in the Hills. Bushfires decimated many vineyards and smoke taint then proved a challenge. Although yields were down dramatically we were able to source some parcels of great Chardonnay fruit.

Picked partially by hand. The majority of the blend was vinified in stainless steel with high solids and oxidative handling with fifteen barrel fermented with lees stirring. About forty percent was aged in medium toast two and three year old French oak barriques for six months to add complexity before full malolactic fermentation.

The Elephant in the Room wines are proudly large in scale and expansive in flavour. Ignoring fashion and braving the scorn “wine thought police” Elephant in the Room was created to give consumers exactly what they want – full bodied and mouth-filling wines that deliver maximum pleasure. This wine is sourced from slow-ripening cool climate vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia and partially matured in French Oak before final blending and bottling by Corey Ryan.

Food Pairing: Pair with Lobster mornay.