Pooley Butchers Hill Chardonnay 2018
$59.99
Stunning Tassie Chardonnay. 95 points Halliday.
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Description
5 Red Stars from James Halliday and Tasmania’s Winery and Pinot Noir Producer of the Year in 2012, Pooley is also Tasmania’s first and only fully accredited Environmentally Certified Sustainable Vineyard in Tasmania.
Established in 1985, the Cooinda Vale vineyard north of Campania is ideally positioned facing northeast overlooking the Coal River in southern Tasmania. On the 43.5 Latitude line, the vineyard is planted on northeast facing slopes at 130m above sea level. This is a unique microclimatic location, being well protected from prevailing winds but still highly influenced by maritime conditions. The long growing season, which can extend into May, with high sunshine hours, predominately winter rainfall and the occasional frost and snow, combine to provide an excellent condition for cool climate grape varieties, such as Pinot Noir, Pinot Grigio, Riesling and Chardonnay. The soils are Brown-Black dermosol subsoil, high in acid (associated with alluvial plains and river terraces) over decaying sandstone, with friable clay subsoil. Because of the sloping aspect, the drainage is excellent.
Fruit for this, once destined for the Australian icon – Penfold’s Yattarna Chardonnay is now released as this single vineyard wine!
From the winery: “Hand picked, whole bunched pressed to tank. Cold settled for 1 day then racked to barrel. 100% barrel ferment. Mixture of puncheons (500 litre) and barriques (225 litre). 40% new oak. No stirring. Malolactic 75% complete. Maturation for 9 months in barrel.
Aromas of overt corrella pear with hazelnut kernel. Lime zest and hints of nectarine. Lime zest carries through to the palate. Textural pithiness. Fresh and vibrant with great drive and tension offset but mouthfilling flavours of stonefruit.”
95 points, Jane Faulkner for Halliday’s Wine Companion “Poise and power in equal measure. Balanced flavours of white stone fruit sprinkled with lemon zest, ginger and oak spices. Finely tuned across the palate with texture from the lees influence, but still strikingly fine from its acidity.”
RRP $67 LAST OF THIS VINTAGE … WINERY SOLD OUT … Our Price only $59.99
Additional information
Producer | Pooley |
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Region or Country | Tasmania |
Variety | Chardonnay |
Vintage | 2018 |
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