Thorn Clarke Shotfire Chardonnay 2007
$1999each
$239DOZEN
WineryThorn Clarke
Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
Each $19.99
$239.00
Currently out of stock
A delicately oaked Eden Valley Chardonnay, produced in small quantities by one of the Barossa'a great winemaking dynasties. Barrel aged, it sees an extended period on lees to give a more savoury flavour, achieving a round, voluptuous body.
Eden Valley has become synonymous with white wines of exceptional quality and elegance. The high altitude Mount Crawford Vineyard towards the south of the valley yields parcels of outstanding Chardonnay. Grapes are hand picked for optimum quality, crushed, destemmed and treated to a membrane press, the pressings are all discarded. Settled juices are racked to oak for a slow, natural fermentation by wild yeasts, retaining all the natural flavours of the Chardonnay fruit. The wine was left in lees in completely new French oak or ten months, stirred weekly to increase complexity and mouthfeel. A portion of the wine completed malolactic. The wine was then racked, filtered and bottled. Alcohol 13.0%
TASTING NOTES
Colour is a mid deep straw. The rich nose has displays peach and nectarine, the oak provides creamy notes and complexing barrel ferment characters. Palate is rich and sweet with a medium to full body, exhibiting richness of stone fruit, balanced by a lovely creamy mouth feel derived from malolactic. The fruit is complemented by the well integrated nutty French oak and richness provided from the wine being left on lees for many months. Shotfire finishes long with cleansing acidity.
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The Thorn-Clarke family has a long history in the Barossa, six generations of involvement in the region's world famous wine industry
The Barossa Valley was settled in the early 1840s by small farmers and artisans seeking religious freedom from their native Silesia. The warm, fertile valley was ideal for ripening winegrapes and Australia's largest wineries made their headquarters amongst the vineyards. In the cooler ranges above the Barossa, known as Eden Valley, English settlers created large pastoral runs for sheep and cattle, but also planted vineyards to ensure a supply of table wine. Thorn Clarke»