Tasting Notes 1997
Elston Chardonnay 1997 has a golden colour with hints of green. It has a lovely pineapple, nectarine and cream aroma with integrated smoky oak and a rich, soft palate.
Elston Chardonnay 1997 is a wonderful partner to rich, creamy, full flavoured pastas, seafood, white meats and the more delicate cheeses.
It has a development potential in bottle of 3-7 years from harvest.
Technical Analysis
pH: 3.4
Total acidity as tartaric: 6g/l
Alcohol: 13.8%
Residual sugar: Dry
Winemaking
The grapes were whole cluster pressed, the juice was settled, then run to barrels for both primary and malolactic fermentation and ageing. The wine was blended in January and bottled in February 1998.
Vineyards
Elston Chardonnay 1997 was hand harvested between the 18th and 24th of April.
Origin
Elston is named for Elston Hall in Nottinghamshire, the ancestral home of Charles Darwin’s family. Darwin’s ‘theory of natural selection’ forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory, the foundation of biology. The wyvern symbol of Elston Hall appears on the label.
