Elanto Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

Elanto Vineyard, a 10.6 hectare high-density vineyard on the Mornington Peninsula, is the work of highly awarded winemaker Sandro Mosele and his dedicated team. The high-density vineyard with it’s 11,000 vines/ha is more than four times the vine density of conventional Australian vineyards. This reduces yield to 300 - 500g per vine, bringing concentration and power to the wines. Deeply respectful farming practices are organic wherever possible and soil cultivation encourages roots to search deep into the volcanic basalt soils, rich in iron, stone and buckshot. The south easterly aspect and prevailing cool sea breeze preserves natural acidity and freshness in the wines.

This wine is a blend of the three Chardonnay vineyards (lieux-dits); Verge, Buckshot and Seawinds. Each vineyard was picked and vinified separately. The fruit was hand sorted and then whole bunch pressed with the juice run direct to a mix of new and older French oak barriques. Similar to the previous vintage, a natural fermentation completed over the coming months. More of the barrels underwent malolactic fermentation as Sandro sought the tactile notes of MLF, and the savoury, reductive characters that malo lees can contribute. There is already a whisper of chalk and gunflint, which will undoubtedly intensify with bottle age. In total the wine spent 10 months in barrel before being transferred to large concrete vats for a further 2 months, followed by further maturation in stainless steel before bottling. Diam 30 closure.