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Xanadu Range

The Xanadu range is our heartland, capturing the true essence of Margaret River in each bottle.

Limited Release

2015 Xanadu Chardonnay

A modern style of Chardonnay, displaying classic Margaret River hallmarks, this 2015 Xanadu Chardonnay has been carefully cellared with a small portion released for enjoyment now. Expect fresh pears, nectarine and tangy citrus fruit flavours that combine to deliver a crisp Chardonnay with lovely texture.

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Tasting Notes

Colour:Pale straw
Nose:The bouquet of this elegant yet powerful Chardonnay offers fresh pears, nectarine, and citrus fruits with underlying hints of complexity with flinty/ funky, green mango characters.nderlying secondary characters of nougat, wafer and mealy notes in the background.
Palate:The palate is medium bodied and tightly coiled, displaying pears, white fleshed stone fruits and tangy lemony/grapefruit flavours. The wine offers a fine boned structure complimented by a lovely yoghurty texture derived from lees stirring. Taut, yet opulent, the intense fruit and bright acidity combine to focus the wine perfectly to a crisp, lingering fruit finish.
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Viticulture

Varietal:Chardonnay (100%)
Vintage:2015
Region:Margaret River
Conditions:A relatively mild, warm winter resulted in an early budburst to kick-start the growing season. This was followed by some relatively wild spring weather however with wet, windy conditions affecting fruit set and resulting in low yields across most varieties (particularly Chardonnay) in the region, Beautiful, warm weather returned in summer which saw flavour ripening accelerate quickly, bringing about our earliest vintage on record. A lack of Marri blossom leading up to and during harvest meant bird pressure was extreme, with netting absolutely vital this season. After the whites were harvested we experienced a minor a rain event at the end of February and cooler conditions ensued.

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Winemaking

Alcohol:13%
Bottle Size:750ml
pH:3.13
Winemaking Notes:Made entirely from Gin Gin clone Chardonnay which was whole bunch pressed followed by 100% barrel fermentation in select French oak (25% new oak). Wild fermentation was encouraged on all of the components, in order to introduce more complexity and personality into the wine. All of the individual batches which make up the blend were lees stirred throughout a nine-month oak maturation period, without any malolactic fermentation. The final blend was put together in November 2015.

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