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Omrah Unoaked Chardonnay
Producer
The Omrah range is made by John Durham at Plantagenet from fruit sourced from vineyards throughout Western Australia...
The wines have nicely focused fruit with lifted perfumes and good balance and are excellent quality for the price.
Vineyards
Fruit is sourced mostly from Plantagenet`s own Rocky Horror and Rosetta vineyards, which were harvested in the first 2 weeks of March at between 22.1 and 23.8 brix and the contracted cool Pemberton and Franklin vineyards. The vineyards all share similar viticultural practices, have deep gravely loam soils and vertical shoot positioned vines which are irrigated for healthy vine growth. They produced a modest average yield across all vineyards of 4 tonnes per hectare.
Vintage Information
A cold, wet spring delayed budburst and shoot growth was slowed down by cool to mild weather all the way through into early summer. There was a prolonged flowering period due to the cool weather with the consequence of uneven ripening later on. January and February average temperatures, however, were the highest experienced here and helped speed things up considerably. Also, moderate yields in the white varieties hastened their rate of ripening.
Vinification
Chardonnay processing was done cold and the juice was quickly drained/pressed from the skins and pulp. A clean juice was racked off the lees for fermentation and inoculated with a neutral strain of yeast that ferments efficiently to dryness at temperatures in the range of 12-15°C in stainless steel. Once fermented, the wine spent eight months upon yeast lees with occasional stirring to provide extra palate texture and additional flinty lees-derived flavours. The wine saw no oak and was bottled after cold/heat stabilisation and filtration at the end of January.
Tasting Notes
A peachy nose, with a twist of lemon and just a hint of creamy yeastiness and minerality. A lovely rich smooth palate of mouth filling flavours with a crisp clean finish to bring the wine into focus. Exudes Chardonnay purity, with both fullness and finesse.
| Vintage |
2010 |
| Grape varieties |
100% cHARDONNAY |
| Region |
Great Southern Australia |
| Winemaker |
John Durham |
| Closure |
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| Alcohol (ABV) |
13.5%% |
