Growing Conditions

One of the great years for white wines. The long and gentle season allowed for the development of high level aromatics while maintaining pristine natural acidity and elegance.

Bottling

Attractive in youth | up to 8 years maturation.

Winemaking

Cloudy juice | hand picked fruit whole-cluster pressed | wild yeasts full malo‐lactic fermentation | sur lie

Artus creates its own story

Aging

40% new 228 L medium toast French oak. Barriques Vosges and Allier for 10 months.

Appearance

97 pts James Halliday "Cloudy juice ex whole bunch pre ferment, mlf, and the gingin clone all help create a wine of stellar complexity and length...... drink to 2029."

96 pts Huon Hooke ".....great character and drive."

95 pts Gary Walsh "Grand style of Margaret River Chardonnay on show here.”

Food Pairing

Roast free range chicken | salmon | smoked butter on sourdough