Darling Cellars Reserve Quercus Gold Chardonnay 2024

An array of white pears, pineapple and lemon are the flavours on the nose that will follow through on the palate. A fruitful wine with a good mid palate, that ends off with a zesty lemon finish.

Terroir: Deep, decomposed granite soils on the slopes of the Darling Hills, with a cooling effect in the warm afternoons from the Atlantic Ocean in close proximity. 
Vineyard type:  Bush Vine with no irrigation

Yield: 9t/ha
Balling at Harvest: 23°B

Destalk and crush, 15 days fermentation
Maturation: Kept on light lees for 3 months for fuller mouth feel and complexity.