LVDO Forreston Chardonnay Sauvignon 2023
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Mineral | Saline | Linear
Ingredients: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, 30 ppm sulphites.
Vegan, unfined and unfiltered.
2023 Vintage
Forreston, Adelaide Hills
12% ABV
750 mL
70% Chardonnay and 30% Sauvignon Blanc from the spectacular Lansdowne vineyard in the Adelaide Hills.
My purpose with this wine was to make a fully flavoured yet mineral and saline white wine based on an ever-popular blend in Central-East Europe (Hungary, Australia, Slovenia, North-East Italy....). It's also a nod to my home country, Hungary. The inclusion of Sauvignon Blanc also adds that lifted herbal freshness I really love in Chablis, while the Chardonnay aged on lees brings an almond meal-like texture.
Regarding winemaking, the Chardonnay was barrel-fermented (in 12 years old American oak), the Sauvignon was tank-fermented and both aged separately for 13 months and as a blend for 2 months in ancient barrels. Rested in tank for 1 month and bottled with 30 ppm SO2.
