2012 Bindi Composition Chardonnay

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An intense, mineral wine fully ripe but lean, taught and intense with savory, creamy elements. Fragrant notes of orange blossom, nectarine stone, spice and subtle nuttiness are usual with a vibrant, tight, long palate highlighted by clean acidity, wonderful texture and fine length.

The Composition Chardonnay is grown in a 1.5 hectare plot. The wine is fermented in French barrels of which typically 20% are new. Some barrels are inoculated with cultured yeast; others are fermented without yeast addition. The fermented wine is lees stirred every week over winter and the wine is given around one quarter malo-lactic conversion. It is racked around eight months after vintage, and returned to barrel for a further three months before bottling.
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