Hardys No Preservatives Chardonnay
$1699each
$203DOZEN
WineryHardys
Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Riverland & McLaren
  South Australia
Each $16.99
$203.00
Currently out of stock
Fruit from healthy vineyards specialized in yielding grapes to specification, early ripening and disease free, is selected to make the Hardy No-additives range of wines. Barrel fermentation introduces subtle oak complexity onto the palate, whilst maintaining a reductive environment (non-oxidising) for the wine through contact with sedimentery yeast lees (for heightened flavour profiles). Utilizing innovative preservatives-free vinification, Hardy have been able to craft a wine without the use of any additives, purely for the enjoyment of good Chardonnay.
Compare the Hardy No Additives range to some of it's rivals, and you'll find this one is the most expressive in terms of good varietal character, aromatics and palate. Barrel fermentation and yeast lees stirring have been employed, as is the case with the finest Chardonnays. Vineyards close to the winery were harvested in the cool of the night to reduce the risk of oxidation. The overriding principle of the winemaking process is at all stages to minimise the handling of the fruit and the wine. Malolactic fermentation is completed in barrel to naturally remove malic acid, making the wine more stable and endowing it with soft creamy flavours, and a fine texture. Approx 14.0%
TASTING NOTES
Appearance is a clear medium straw. Nose of this medium weight wine expresses lifted ripe peach and melon fruit, a luscious butteryness with toasty nut and wood aromas. Mouth filling, an exemplary Chardonnay delivering soft white peach and melon fruit complexed by butter and lingering vanillian oak. Palate is full of lusty fruit with a good array of tropical elements and fine textures from barrel treatment and lees resting. Crafted with no preservatives, completely additive-free, in a forward drinking, ready to enjoy now styling, always good with food. Hardys makes perfect sense for those who enjoy rich, flavoursome wines with good complexity, fine integration, and no added extras.
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More About Hardys Winery
Thomas Hardy left Devon in 1850 at the age of 20 and migrated to the new colony of South Australia
He established a winery on the banks of Adelaide's River Torrens in 1853. His Bankside winery was the start of an outstanding family wine business that grew to become one of the world's great wine companies. Thomas Hardy was a self-made man, a pioneer of immense character. With a mixture of energy, determination, shrewd judgment, innovation and a touch of daring, he pursued the highest standards in winemaking. At Bankside, and later at his McLaren Vale property Tintara, he focused on quality and craftsmanship. Tintara was to become the centre of Hardy's enterprise and by the late 1800s was one of the best-equipped and managed wineries in Australia. This success was substantially due to Hardy's initiatives in planting higher quality, lower yielding varieties rather than the coarser, heavier-yielding types more common at the time. His willingness to experiment with and to use novel equipment, much of which he designed and built himself, also contributed to this success. Hardys»