Winery: Bird in Hand
Region: Adelaide Hills
Variety: Chardonnay
Vintage: 2009
Your Wine Guy says:
This delicious Chardonnay has been fermented in barrel using both new and old French oak. A combination of wild and cultured yeasts adds complexity and texture. The use of older French barrels allows the purity of bright and fresh cooler climate fruit to shine through. The nose is an attractive mix of citrus and stone fruit with some nutty hints. The palate offers up pronounced peach and nectarine flavours with a clean, crisp finish and well integrated oak.
92 Points YWG Drink to 2014
Winery Information:
In 1997, a young viticulturalist and winemaker, Andrew Nugent, chanced his arm in the emerging wine region of the Adelaide Hills planting vineyards and an olive grove on 100 acres on Bird in Hand Road, Woodside. The road itself was named after the "Bird in Hand" gold mine that operated in the district in the 1850s.
Four hundred metres above sea level, the vineyards face north and boast deep, well drained red earth, formed from metamorphic rock. Andrew grew up next door to Penfolds at Magill and his formative wine years were spent in South Australia’s McLaren Vale. It was here that he honed his craft as a viticulturalist, vineyard manager and winemaker.
The Nugent family live and work on the picturesque property, reflecting the strong sense of community in the Adelaide Hills.
To extend the winemaking range available to Bird in Hand, another vineyard in the famous wine-growing region of Clare has been acquired to provide fruit for world class Riesling and Shiraz. - Bird In Hand wines
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