Clarence House Estate Chardonnay 2024 375mls Beechworth wine and woodsmoke

and woodsmoke

with natural ferments including some that are aged in large-format oak and concrete eggs

Eleven of the twenty-odd hectares of estate-owned vines are in Saint-Romain

The Farrside vineyard sits on a northeast-facing slope and consists of limestone topped with black volcanic soil

The 2023 vintage was marked by a cool spring and a gentle growing season

Clarence House Estate Chardonnay 2024 375mls Beechworth wine and woodsmokeThe Wine Entirely from a single block, utilizing a very high proportion of the prized Penfolds clone. Whole bunch pressed, wild barrel ferment, six month levage. A selection of the finest barrels has resulted in in a reserve bottling with new and old French oak, sourced from a combination of barriques and puncheons. Wonderfully complex, boasting citrus and peach stonefruit, tempered by judicious marriage of oak. Robust, concentrated, yet fresh and