DCB Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2022A second vintage from this site for the 2022 vintage, this wine was made from an East facing slope in the Upper Yarra. 26 year old vines from Gladysdale provide the backbone of this wine which was picked on the 12 3 21, pressed to tank for 24 hours and then racked to barrel on full solids. Fermentation took approx 9 days and then the wine was stirred on lees once per week post fermentation. MLF was neither encouraged nor discouraged before SO2 was

racked to tank in January

The wine was then left in barrel until December when it was racked to tank

this wine is from the Northernmost and Southernmost points of the Yarra Valley

A fourth vintage from this site for the 2024 vintage

Fermentation took approx 9 days and then the wine was stirred on lees once per week post fermentation

pressed to mixture of oak (10% new/90% seasoned) to complete MLF after approx 16 days on skins

The wine was

A second vintage from this site for the 2022 vintage

but distinctly different soils

innoculated after 48 hours in tank

No further additions were made until SO2 was added in January 2018

this wine was made from an East facing slope in the Upper Yarra