Description
Chenin Blanc
Winemaker, Kiara Scott, is young, full of energy, and brings with her a new world order for the creation of Chenin Blancs. We love her ‘breaking boundaries’ approach to winemaking, echoed in Tim’s vision ‘to do something different at Brookdale’. Unlike the Brookdale Estate Chenin Blanc, the Mason Road Chenin is from younger vineyards and lightly oaked with only 20% in old French oak. It presents revitalising freshness alongside full fruit flavours as a result of the warm climate and cool mountain breeze.
The Mason Road Chenin Blanc has racy acidity and a pithy finish, a wine as nonconformist as its maker.
Wine Making
The 1993 block of Chenin Blanc was picked in four batches at different degrees of ripeness. Pre-cooled fruit was destemmed and crushed. Light pressing took place and free run juice was settled overnight. Fermentation occurred in a combination of stainless steel tanks (85%) and old oak French barrels (15%) using an inoculated yeast strain. The barrels were racked and blended with the tank-fermented portion and then bottled. The final blend was made up after 11 months of ageing on the lees, followed by a light filtration before bottling.
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