The fruit is from a single site in the Walcliffe sub-region, but further from the coast, inland from the township. The Chardonnay block is again pretty tiny, with only 2 hectares planted. The plantings are oriented east-west, with a slight northerly aspect to the slope. This tiny
four-tonne batch is a handpicked selection from the top of this slope. The fruit was harvested on 3rd February, chilled overnight and pressed as bunches into a selection of new, one- and two-year-old puncheons, with no settling or fining processes. This juice was then
carefully monitored, and spontaneous fermentation kicked off on day three after pressing. After a threeweek ferment, the wine remained on gross lees unsulphured until September of that year. In December, the wine was emptied from barrel, settled, filtered and bottled. The final blend saw around 20% new oak. – Julian Langworthy, Nocturne
There’s enough funk in this to get a party started. It's so lively and racy thanks to the acidity. Tight and linear
but certainly not lean as there’s plenty of flavour, with mouth-watering sulphides, lemon-lime juice and zest,
pink grapefruit and a feathering of nutty lees and spicy oak layering the palate.