Chantilly Chardonnay 2023

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Chantilly is an attractive Chablis-style wine, pale gold, with fresh pineapple slices, tangerine, and honeysuckle.

In developing Chantilly, Dawn and Bill visited Chablis to review the wines and traditional winemaking techniques of the region. Our 50-year old Chantilly vineyard is planted to Clone 4, California's most famous Chardonnay clone, responsible for many fine wines.

Sustainably-grown in our Estate vineyard this wine is fermented in carefully age-selected French oak barrels then barrel-aged for 12 months. Selecting some new and some used barrels we do not allow the wood to impart the characteristic California Chardonnay oak flavors of vanilla, cinnamon, toast, coconut, etc., that today are associated with ageing wine in all new barrels.

Bursting with fresh pineapple slices, tangerine, and honeysuckle that dominates both the aromas and flavors in the wine. Our Chantilly Chardonnay has a beautiful, medium-bodied mouthfeel with a crisp and zesty finish.

In developing Chantilly, Dawn and Bill travelled to Chablis to study the discipline and restraint of the region’s traditional Chardonnay winemaking, seeking a style defined more by place than by technique.

The 50-year-old Chantilly vineyard, planted to Clone 4—California’s most widely respected Chardonnay clone and the foundation of many of its finest wines—provides the structural backbone for this expression.

Sustainably farmed in our Estate vineyard, the fruit is fermented in carefully selected French oak barrels and then matured for 12 months. A measured mix of new and seasoned barrels is used deliberately, not to imprint overt oak character, but to preserve purity of fruit and site. The intention is restraint: to avoid the familiar California markers of vanilla, cinnamon, toast, and coconut often associated with all-new oak maturation, and instead allow the wine’s natural tension, minerality, and citrus precision to remain at the forefront.

French oak for 12 months - 33% new, 33% one use, balance neutral.

Color	White
Vintage	2023
Harvest Date	28th Sep 2023
Style	White Burgundy
Appellation	Dry Creek Valley
Varietal	Chardonnay
Date Bottled	13th Aug 2024
Drinkable	2025 - 2028
Alcohol	14.10%
Bottle Size	750ml