Kooyong Clonale Chardonnay Mornington Peninsula 2010

Australia

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Winemaking

The 2009 – 2010 growing season began with an early budburst. Rains came often through the spring and early summer. An unseasonal warm spell before flowering combined with the rains to induce high vegetative vigour in some blocks. This pulled back the yield potential slightly, through imperfect fruit set. Most blocks thus did not require thinning at veraison. Conditions from flowering and through the ripening period were a welcome moderate to cool and even though harvest was still early and in the pattern of the last four years, the 2010 vintage provided an exciting opportunity to make wines of beautifully balanced ripeness and excellent regional expression. The fruit is whole bunch pressed and barrel fermented in French oak (12% new) without yeast inoculation. The sur lie maturation period was 7 months in barrel and a further 5 months in tank before bottling.