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Circa 77 Range
The Circa 77 range embodies our rich history and ever-growing love for Margaret River, where we have crafted wines that reflect the beauty of this region since 1977.
2022 Circa 77 Chardonnay
The palate is medium bodied offering some white fleshed stone fruits and zesty citrus flavours with a delicate creamy texture derived from lees stirring. A bright, refreshing wine; crisp and dry, with a lingering fruit finish.
$22.00
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Tasting Notes
Colour:Pale straw.
Nose:The bouquet of this lively fruit driven Chardonnay offers fresh pears, citrus, and melon characters with underlying hints of freshly cut hay and brioche. Oak sits in the background and has a subtle influence which adds another layer to the fruit aromas.
Palate:The palate is medium bodied, offering some fleshy white stone fruit flavours and citrus zest combined with subtle hints of nougat. A bright, refreshing wine with a creamy texture derived from lees stirring. A generous and supple chardonnay with a lingering fruit finish.
Cellaring:A bright, fruit driven style of Chardonnay, with subtle and delicate oak influence. The wine is best consumed in its youth however certainly suitable for medium term cellaring.
Viticulture
Varietal:100% Chardonnay
Vintage:2022
Region:Margaret River
Conditions:After a long, and relatively cold and wet winter budburst was later than usual, and about a week or two later than last season. There was still some wet, windy spring weather which affected fruit set. Despite the late start to the season, the fantastic WA summer allowed the growing season to catch up with warm, fine weather and a few of very hot periods. Marri trees had a bumper year for blossom, which always bodes well, distracting birds from away from the fruit (at least for the first half of the season while the blossom lasted). There was no significant weather pressure experienced at all early in the vintage, in fact the warm weather meant that the whites were harvested at a frenetic pace in order to preserve natural acidity. Yields were relatively low however the fruit quality was excellent with great flavour intensity.
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Winemaking
Alcohol:12.8%
Bottle Size:750ml
pH:3.10
Winemaking Notes:All components were pressed without crushing or the use of enzymes, retaining relatively high solids in the juice after settling for 48 hours. 66% of the blend was fermented in predominantly seasoned French oak barriques (only 3% new oak in final blend). Wild fermentation was encouraged on barrel fermented components, in order to introduce complexity and personality into the wine. 34% of the blend was tank fermented and using an aromatic yeast strain; after fermentation the tank was mixed to homogenise the lees throughout the wine before being transferred to old oak for maturation. None of the batches undergo MLF, however all batches which make up the blend were lees stirred throughout a nine-month barrel maturation period, gaining texture throughout the year. The final blend was put together in November 2022.
