Merricks Estate Chardonnay 2022 condado-de-haza The fruit was hand-picked and

The fruit was hand-picked and matured in large-format French oak (35% new) for ten months

Really fine and precise without any mean or tight character

The vineyard encompasses both North and South-facing slopes

and the 2020 is seductively scented with a rumbling of dark fruits

The resulting wine has a racy personality with floral and lime zest aromas leading to a mineral-inflected

Merricks Estate Chardonnay 2022 condado-de-haza The fruit was hand-picked andThe Merricks Estate Chardonnay was made from two batches of grapes and treated differently. The first batch was picked 10 days earlier than the second batch and was fermented with wild yeast and went through its malo naturally. The second batch was picked at a higher sugar levels and the juice had skin contact before being inoculated with yeast and subsequently induced Malo oak treatment was the same for both batches. Both batches were blended