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