Millbrook SV Chardonnay

2017 sv chardonnay

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SV (short for 'Single Vineyard') is an exciting new range for Millbrook Winery, designed to highlight the unique characteristics of only the most exceptional vineyards from across Western Australia. In addition to Chardonnay, the range features a Shiraz. Both are made in a modern, refined style to bring the purity of fruit from these amazing sites to the fore.

colour

Pale straw with green hues.

aroma

Lifted aromas of grapefruit rind and lemon curd entwined with flint and yellow fruit.

palate

Lime tart, lemon blossom and fresh pine are matched by tightly wound, edgy acidity. The wine is both complex and fresh, in the most modern way.

cellaring

Enjoy now, or will cellar for up to five years from vintage.

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vintage

The 2017 growing season in Western Australia was atypically late, allowing for optimum ripeness to be achieved in this Chardonnay while retaining fresh, vibrant, fruit flavours.

region

Geographe

variety

Chardonnay

analysis

Alcohol: 13.5%
pH: 3.35
TA: 8.0 g/L

Chicken breast in a delicate tarragon and Dijon mustard sauce.

geographe & wa alternative varieties wine show 2018

best wine of show
best white wine of show
best geographe chardonnay

single vineyard wine show of australia 2018

best white wine of show
best chardonnay

perth royal wine awards 2018

royal melbourne wine awards 2018

rutherglen wine show 2018

margaret river wine show 2018

royal adelaide wine show 2018

western australia boutique wine show 2018

wine show of western australia 2018

blackwood valley boutique

halliday wine companion 2019

Hand-picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild-fermented in French barriques (50% new), matured on lees for 6 months. A striking chardonnay with 8 g/l of acidity driving the palate at breakneck speed before it settles down, but the same theme continues with citrus allsorts (lemon, grapefruit and lime) that should by rights make you think of Sauvignon Blanc or Riesling. But you don't, for the Chardonnay birthmark is burnt into the heart of the wine.