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  • Country ranking ?

    253
  • Producer ranking ?

    14
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

Typically, the Tiers Vineyard is hand harvested in the last week of March to the first week of April.

A normal analysis of Tiers Chardonnay grapes at harvest is:

Sugar: 23.5 Brix

Total Acid: 8gpl 

pH: 3.1

The tiny bunches are selectively hand harvested into 0.3 tonne slotted trays and put into the cold room at the Tapanappa winery at the bottom of the vineyard. After 24 hours in the cold room the fruit at 2C is tipped as whole fruit into the 4-tonne air-bag press.

The juice from the cold whole bunches is gently pressed to a tank with a small addition of sulphur dioxide. There are no enzymes or other additions made, before the partially clarified juice is gravitated to Vosges oak barriques, one third new, for fermentation in barrel. We add our own selected yeast to conduct the fermentation in the naturally cool conditions of the autumn. The fermentation takes place slowly over 2 to 3 months and when complete the barriques are topped and the wine is allowed to rest on lees until the summer.

In January the Chardonnay wine is clear racked off lees and bottled.

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2008 was warm with 1,227 °C days of heat and a 15-day heatwave beginning of March. Harvested 17 March. 9,000 bottles.
Mid bright copper colour. Immediately riper and fuller and more flattering to taste. Still lots of acidity but good undertow of fruit. A hint of lemon sherbet. Fresh finish.

  • 90p

This was difficult following the Piper Rare 2002, but soon the subtleties take over. Obviously full of creamy Chardonnay fruit on the nose here, almost botrytis, very easy and charming palate. There is great minerality in this wine and it hits the spot for me, lovely spicyness on the finish, there are definite Meursault like characteristics. A pleasant surprise, I am sure this would stand the acid test against a fine White Burgundy.

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Piccadilly, South Australia
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