Man O'War Valhalla Chardonnay 2020

Nice toasty complexity with ripe stone fruit characters. The palate is very focussed with fresh acidity and nice fruit tannin – as fresh as biting into a ripe nectarine; crunchy, fresh and vibrant.

The 2020 Valhalla Chardonnay comes from a number of dry farmed vineyards ranging from sheltered south facing steep hillsides rich in clay and those that are more elevated and exposed to the cooling sea breezes which also have a volcanic influence in the soil. All our Chardonnay parcels are hand harvested and then further bunch sorted in the winery before being macerated prior to pressing. The pressed juice was then left un-fined in tank until the onset of a spontaneous fermentation. The juice was then fed and transferred to barrel for Fermentation which is hot hard and fast. The wines are left on gross lees in puncheon and sulphured in the Spring to prevent Malo Lactic fermentation. After 11 months in 500 litre French Puncheons the wine was racked and blended.