2023 Mottiar Chardonnay

Hand-picked October 10th from the Mottiar Vineyard at average 20.9° Brix grape sugar.

From press, the juice fermented in mature (five-to-ten-year-old) 300-Litre French oak barrels. Completing partial malo-lactic conversion, the wine aged in barrel for ten months before 142 cases were bottled in August 2024.

At the time of bottling, alcohol measured 12.5 %; residual sugar 1.5 grams per Litre; Titratable Acidity 7.5 grams per Litre; pH 3.36.

Near 10°C with Chicken Marsala, soft shell crab dipped in butter, mussels in creamy tarragon sauce, creamy potato soup, mild Vegetable Korma, pumpkin curry or fresh-cut fries with truffle aioli.