2022 MAYFIELD Estate Premium Chardonnay 'Block 14 - Orange NSW
Block 14 is a showcase of our vineyard. The grapes were fermented with 100% grape solids and only minor levels of juice fining. It was transferred to a combination of new and older French oak puncheons and hogsheads including Gillet barrels from Burgundy. Fermentation was then completed in barrel with regular lees stirring to develop complexity and texture. 50% malolactic fermentation was encouraged to complement the stunning purity of this single Block wine.
95 POINTS, WINEREVIEWER.COM.AU, Patrick Eckel
A very light yellow with a fleck of green in the glass; a reductive nose of struck match, flint and new season nectarine with a mineral backbone. The influence oak oak gives a almond meal like aspect to the wine that is offset by and edgy lemon laced acidity. Taut stone fruits frame the mid palate with plenty of length and a grapefruit pull before a long , flinty finish.
Block 14 is a showcase of our vineyard. The grapes were fermented with 100% grape solids and only minor levels of juice fining. It was transferred to a combination of new and older French oak puncheons and hogsheads including Gillet barrels from Burgundy. Fermentation was then completed in barrel with regular lees stirring to develop complexity and texture. 50% malolactic fermentation was encouraged to complement the stunning purity of this single Block wine.
95 POINTS, WINEREVIEWER.COM.AU, Patrick Eckel
A very light yellow with a fleck of green in the glass; a reductive nose of struck match, flint and new season nectarine with a mineral backbone. The influence oak oak gives a almond meal like aspect to the wine that is offset by and edgy lemon laced acidity. Taut stone fruits frame the mid palate with plenty of length and a grapefruit pull before a long , flinty finish.
Block 14 is a showcase of our vineyard. The grapes were fermented with 100% grape solids and only minor levels of juice fining. It was transferred to a combination of new and older French oak puncheons and hogsheads including Gillet barrels from Burgundy. Fermentation was then completed in barrel with regular lees stirring to develop complexity and texture. 50% malolactic fermentation was encouraged to complement the stunning purity of this single Block wine.
95 POINTS, WINEREVIEWER.COM.AU, Patrick Eckel
A very light yellow with a fleck of green in the glass; a reductive nose of struck match, flint and new season nectarine with a mineral backbone. The influence oak oak gives a almond meal like aspect to the wine that is offset by and edgy lemon laced acidity. Taut stone fruits frame the mid palate with plenty of length and a grapefruit pull before a long , flinty finish.