Description

JULES TAYLOR
MARLBOROUGH CHARDONNAY

An elegant Chardonnay with fresh, tropical fruit flavors that reflect the beauty of the vineyard
without the winemaker’s boots stomping all over it.
– Jules

 

 

2024 Vintage Info:

Vinification: 

• • The fruit for this wine came from the two beautiful vineyards in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys: Meadowbank Estate in the Taylor Pass and the Anderson Vineyard in the Brancott valley.
  • The grapes were harvested carefully by hand and machine then taken to the winery for fermentation using a variety of techniques.
  • Whole cluster pressed portions went directly into French oak barrels for a wild ferment on high solids.
  • Other portions were tank fermented and some were cold settled and partially tank fermented and then sent to barrels mid-ferment.
  • The yeast lees in the barrels were stirred occasionally over a seven month period to add body and complexity, and the wine underwent full malolactic fermentation to add further complexity.
  • After its extended nap in the barrels, the various parcels were blended, stabilised then bottled.

Food Match:

• • The delicious flavors in this wine are fantastic to pair with food.
  • It’s perfect with a simple barbequed chicken or with fresh seafood flavors such as crayfish tails and garlic butter.
  • Alternatively it would be sensational with corn fritters stacked with a rocket (arugula) salad and a smoky salsa.

HARVEST DATE

• • 12th – 23rd March 2024

VINEYARDS

• • 81% Meadowbank and 19% Anderson Vineyards, both in the Southern Valleys, Marlborough

VARIETIES

• • 100% Chardonnay
    • 83% Clone 95
    • 9% Clone 548
    • 8% Mendoza Clone

WINE ANALYSIS

• • Alc. 13.55%
  • RS. 1.0 g/L
  • pH. 3.40
  • TA. 5.36 g/L

CELLARING

• • Drink now or cellar for 3 years for optimum drinking.
  • Can cellar up to 10 years.

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