Carrick
Bannockburn Chardonnay 2018 750ml

The Carrick Bannockburn Chardonnay makes up part of our estate range, representing the varietal classics or core range. Carrick’s wind-swept site and glacial alluvial soils, help to define the acidity of this wine, which balances the citrus and stone fruit characters, as well as giving length and flow. It is made from hand-picked organically grown Chardonnay, from some of the oldest vines on the property. Fermented and matured in French oak barriques using only wild yeast, with some lie stirring during fermentation, giving further complexity to the taste.

The 2018 Carrick Bannockburn Chardonnay is a blend of three different parcels and two clones – Mendoza and Clone 6. It is fermented and matured in French oak barriques for 12 months, 13% new oak was used. Once blended the barrels spent a further 9 months in vat to allow time for the wines to stabilize naturally.

Origin: Carrick Vineyards, Bannockburn, Central Otago

Hand-picked in: March 2018

Bottled: October 2019

Cases: 1400 x 6 bottle cases