2007 Single Vineyard Chardonnay

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Single Vineyard
Chardonnay
2007/Margaret River

The release of this wine celebrates the 77^th birthday of Jeff Moss – co-founder of Moss Brothers with over 50 years in the wine industry. Moss Brothers was established by the Moss family in 1984 and is one of the oldest family owned wineries in the Margaret River wine-growing region.

This is a wine that will develop greater complexity with bottle age – extra richness.  The vineyard produces excellent natural acidity, good/balanced natural ripeness parameters. The wine reflects the beautiful Margaret River vintage climate of sunshine and summer breezes. 

Awards/Reviews 2007 SV Chardonnay
*James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2010 Highly recommended 93 points “Bright light green; harmonious wine, with fruit and oak seamlessly married; grapefruit and stone fruit flavours run through the long palate.”
*Silver Boutique Wine Awards 2008
*Rob Gough Margaret River Times “In the heart of Margaret River’s Wilyabrup, Moss Brothers Winery makes a strong case for single vineyard chardonnay with a wine that is both reflective of its terroir, and a delightful drink.  Judicious use of oak has allowed the true flavour of Moss Brother’s chardonnay vineyard to shine through, with pure expressions of minerality and fruit.  Really, well and truly, this wine is one of the cleanest, most elegant examples of chardonnay from anywhere, let alone Margaret River, that I have tasted in a long time”.
Winemaking – ‘cool bunch pressed, juice settled and racked off most of the gross lees, allowed a small amount of solids into the juice for some additional depth and complexity.  Barrel Fermented with 75% selected yeast and 25% wild ferment.  The barrel selection process is becoming more refined.  Looking for oak that doesn’t have too much influence on the wine.  Using a combination of new, 1 year and 2 year old Reymond ‘Allier’ and Francoise Feres ‘Vosges’ barrels. The barrels were topped with yeast lees from other white wine fermentations to increase the creaminess/enhance the texture’.  Natural malo-lactic ferment helped the wine go through 15% malo- lactic ferment and self adjusted the wine balance.  Too much malo-lactic fermentation character can dominate the wine and diminish the lovely fruit characters and may result in a wine that ages too quickly and we like to avoid this outcome.  It’s a fine balance’.
Tasting Notes
Winemaker:  Navneet Singh
Colour: light straw with pale green tints
Bouquet: aromatics of lime, white peach, nectarines, grapefruit
Palate: lemon sorbet fruit, stone fruits and hints of hazelnut integrating with harmonious slightly smoky oak. 
Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay 70% Gin Gin clone and 30% Davis clone
Soil Type: Laterite gravel loam
Ave grape Baume: 12.5
Wine pH: 3.2
Wine TA: 6.4
Alcohol: 13.5 % Alc/Vol
Standard drinks: 8.0
Closure: screw cap

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