Sew & Sew Wines Sew & Sew ‘Contour’ Chardonnay 2018

Budburst was late, but warm temperatures sped things up. The vines developed good canopies due to adequate soil moisture, setting them up for an excellent season. A hot January, February and April, punctuated by a cool March allowed for strong vigour as well as acid and flavour to develop.

Free run juice and pressings were fermented separately to 6 baumé where the juice was put to 40% new and 60% one to three-year-old French oak barrels. After full malolactic fermentation, the wine was left on yeast lees until racking just prior to bottling in October.