McGuigan Black Label Chardonnay 2020 (Australia)

Description

• French & American oak
• Tropical fruit
• Melon
• Creamy texture

This is a flavoursome Chardonnay with a soft, smooth creamy palate. It has the great sweet tropical fruit and melon flavours of chardonnay with with well-integrated vanillin oak. The flavours integrate nicely in the mouth and result in a lingering clean finish.

The fruit for this wine was sourced from their vineyards in South Eastern Australia. The climate is hot with high evaporation rates and generally low rainfall, making irrigation essential. The climate is also continental, resulting in long sunny days and noticeably cooler nights. Long sunshine hours ensure fruit ripens fully and low relative humidity results in little incidence of disease.

The fruit was tested and tasted prior to being picked at it optimum maturing. Picking was done during the cool of the night and transported immediately to the winery. The fruit was then crushed, de-stemmed and immediately clarified. Fermentation was conducted in on French and American oak planks at cool temperatures to retain maximum fruit characters. This light use of oak has added creaminess and vanillin, giving the wine more depth, weight and complexity.

Rich, generous and approachable, the McGuigan Black Label range is your contemporary guide to Australia’s most popular wine varieties. Whether it be a refreshing Sauvignon Blanc, a full-bodied Chardonnay or Australia’s #1 selling bottled red wine, McGuigan Black Label Red, every bottle of McGuigan Black Label is packed full of varietal flavour, proving that you need not be a connoisseur to enjoy the wine of your choice for any occasion.

Food Pairing: A versatile wine which makes a great accompaniment to most food, in particular creamy pasta and succulent roast chicken dishes.