Capel Vale
Capel Vale's Regional Series wines are elegant and graceful; high quality wines that reflect varietal and regional characteristics.
An elegant and expressive wine demonstrating Margaret River’s claim as a world class Chardonnay region. The 2020 was a superb vintage displaying fantastic fruit weight and flavour intensity. There are flavours of stone fruit finishing with hints of hazelnut and light cream characters.
Technical analysis
ALCOHOL
13.0 %
RESIDUAL SUGAR
0.8 g/L
pH
3.40
ACIDITY
6.1 g/L
ORIGIN
Australia
WINEMAKER
Dan Hetherington
VARIETY
Chardonnay
HARVEST DATE
March 2020
FINED USING
Milk & Isinglass
TIME IN OAK
7 months
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION
Partial
CLOSURE
Screw top
BOTTLE SIZE
75cl
REGION
Margaret River
VEGETARIAN
No
VEGAN
No
Vintage conditions
2020 was a tremendous vintage at Capel Vale, resulting in lower yields with exceptional quality fruit and high flavour concentration.
Vinification details
This delicious Chardonnay is 100% wild fermented and spent seven months in French barriques. Lees stirring was achieved throughout enhancing flavour complexity. Barrel selection was made for the final blend with some barrels having gone through malolactic fermentation.
Awards
Jancis Robinson: 17 pts
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