Rochford Wines

Rochford Yarra Valley Reserve Chardonnay

Vintage
2004

Varieties
100% Chardonnay

Tasting Notes
This wine is light to mid straw in colour with brilliant clarity. The nose is rich and complex displaying citrus fruit combined with nutty oak and hints of fig, apricot and coconut. The palate is rich, creamy and almost seamless with a fine acid backbone leading to a long, tight finish.

Cellaring
3 to 5 years

Winemaking Notes
This wine is a blend of 4 chardonnay clones from two premium Yarra Valley vineyards. After crushing and pressing the juice was cold settled to a bright level. This juice was racked into new French oak barrels and cultured yeast was added. Following fermentation the early addition of sulphur dioxide has prevented malo lactic fermentation. The wine was aged on yeast lees without stirring for 18 months. The wine was bottled in early December 2005.

Viticultural Notes
A warm summer followed by a mild and sunny autumn produced finely structured grapes with excellent flavour definition.

Technical Data
Alcohol 14.0%
pH 3.36
Titratable acidity 7.5 grams per litre
Residual sugar 0.5 grams per litre

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