Innocent Bystander Chardonnay
$2399each
$287DOZEN
WineryInnocent Bystander
Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Yarra Valley
  Victoria
Each $23.99
$287.00
Available by the dozen
A compelling experience in Chardonnay, crafted by a team of winemakers and viticulturalists who eschew the bland direction and market dominance, increasingly exerted by the oligopoly of corporate players. In a nutshell, they see themselves as innocent bystanders. A collation of Yarra valley harvests from the Primavera, Shaws Road and Tarraford sites, assembled around a core of splendid fruit from the distinguished Sexton estate vineyard on the Warramate Ranges at Coldstream.
Yarra Valley has been producing distinctive and elegant Charadonnay wines since early settlement. On the higher, leaner soils of Sexton, vine roots explore deep and grapes ripen steadily, naturally checking their vigour. A close husbanding and intensive maintenance is essential to yield the most intensely flavoured grapes. Fruit is all picked and pressed as whole bunches, chilled and transferred to seasoned and new French oak barriques and puncheons. Indigenous yeasts and small amounts of cultured yeasts initiate ferments, barrels are treated to a regimen of lees stirring battonage over the course of nine months maturation.
TASTING NOTES
Bright, light straw colour. Nose displaying lemon zest and cashew, white peach blossoms and river stones. Granny smith and grapefruit flavours, kernel and cashews, bright crunchy acidity, the savouryness of chicken stock. Oily lemon pith, lime zests and biscuit, before a lingering finish of viscous minerality. To accompany Sunday chicken, Moreton Bay bugs or freshly rolled pasta with basil.
Wines by Innocent Bystander
Innocent Bystander Chardonnay
WineryInnocent Bystander
Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Yarra Valley
  Victoria
  Each $23.99
  $287.00
Available by the dozen
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Innocent Bystander Pink Moscato
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Fruit Muscat
Regions Swan Hill
  Victoria
  Each $21.99
  $263.00
Available by the dozen
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Innocent Bystander Pink Moscato 375ml
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Fruit Muscat
Regions Swan Hill
  Victoria
  Each $14.99
  $179.00
Available by the dozen
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Innocent Bystander Pink Moscato Piccolo 275ml
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Fruit Moscato
Regions Swan Hill
  Victoria
  Each $9.99
  $119.00
Available in cases of 24
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Innocent Bystander Pinot Gris
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Fruit Pinot Gris
Regions Yarra Valley
  Victoria
  Each $22.99
  $275.00
Available by the dozen
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Innocent Bystander Pinot Noir
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Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Yarra Valley
  Victoria
  Each $23.99
  $287.00
Available by the dozen
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Innocent Bystander Prosecco
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Fruit
Regions King Valley
  Victoria
  Each $22.99
  $275.00
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Innocent Bystander Rose
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Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Swan Hill
  Victoria
  Each $22.99
  $275.00
Available by the dozen
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Innocent Bystander Syrah
WineryInnocent Bystander
Fruit Shiraz Viognier
Regions Yarra Valley
  Victoria
  Each $23.99
  $287.00
Available by the dozen
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More About Innocent Bystander Wines
Innocent Bystander create wines that are delicious expressions of what they love to make and to drink, perfect for exploring the iconic styles and varieties of Yarra Valley
Innocent Bystander don’t make single vineyards wines, but they do know that great wines need great fruit, so they source the best grapes they can from some of the top vineyards in Yarra Valley. If there’s a variety they want to make that doesn’t grow well in the valley, they'll go to where the quality fruit is. Their winemaking team treat every parcel of fruit individually to ensure the outstanding varietal characters shine through in the finished product, showing off the very best of the region and sites they represent to make flavoursome, balanced and delicious wines. Innocent Bystander»