Nose
Clean and fruit driven with peach, lime and grapefruit. There is underlying
butter with nutty oak and creamy lees.
Palate
Rich and textured with a soft creamy mouthfeel. There are flavours of peach,
honeydew melon and grapefruit with nutty oak and creamy lees.
Growing Conditions
Fruit is sourced from neighboring properties in the northern Yallingup subregion
of Margaret River. Direct input from Forester’s viticulturist ensures
well balanced canopies and crops are grown for the ripe style desired.
The 2017 vintage was a cooler year for white grapes in Margaret River,
allowing plenty of time during February and March to ripen the fruit to our
specification
Bottling
Bottled under screwcap into a burgundy bottle.
Winemaking
Modern white wine making tecniques are employed in the production of the
Lifestyle Chardonnay, with temperature control consdered critical from the
moment the fruit reaches the winery. The fruit is destemmed and crushed,
then must chilled and pressed off skins in a very short space of time. The
clarified juice is then racked to a mix of barrels and stainless steel tanks for
fermentation with a selected yeast strain. Both tanks and barrels are stirred
on yeast lees during their maturation period.
Aging
1-2 year old barrels for 6 months.
Appearance
Pale straw/green.
Food Pairing
A range of light dining cuisine, an everyday wine for all occasions.
