Hughes & Hughes Chardonnay Coriole The fruit batches are kept

The fruit batches are kept separate in barrel and blended to a style intended to express the truest form of the varietal character and the site

coiled tension

with subtle honey followed by nutty barrel ferment notes

will cellar for up to five years

fleshy mid palate and a savory finish

Hughes & Hughes Chardonnay Coriole The fruit batches are keptFruit from vineyards in the Coal River (Clarence House and Clemens Hill) and Derwent Valleys (Kinvarra). 70% whole bunch pressed, 25% cold soaked on skins for five days, all naturally fermented in oak (15% new). Partial malolactic fermentation while maturing on lees for five months. Bottled unfined and filtered. The Hughes and Hughes Chardonnay has ripe acidity and is balanced by subtle oak and lees texture. Theres grapefruit, lemon and cedar.