Spring Seed Wine Co. 2020 Four O'Clock Chardonnay 750ML

Description

The trick to making Chardonnay (and any whites, actually) in a Mediterranean climate like McLaren Vale is to get the grapes into the winery nice and cool, which means they are usually picked at night. Picking in the cool of the night helps maintain acidity. The Four o’clock Chardonnay is made in batches, so that when it comes to blending the final wine, Winemaker Joch has a few options to use to create a flavoursome and complex wine. Some grapes are fermented in stainless steel tanks, some are fermented and then left on Lees and all of the components go through a cool ferment to preserve the peach and nectarine characters that we get from our chardonnay. We stop the wines from going through malolactic fermentation, which helps the wine keep its crunchy acidity. None of the wine spends any time in oak. You will find citrus and stone fruit characters on the nose, with a hint of green apple and a whiff of pineapple. Four o’clock is a flavoursome wine, and doesn’t suffer from not spending any time in oak. The wine is super when slightly chilled as an aperitif, and also goes very well as a food wine. Spring Seed Wines are made from grapes lovingly grown in the Bosworth family’s organic vineyards,The vineyards were established in the early 1970s by Peter and Anthea Bosworth, and are now owned and run by their son Joch, who began the conversion to organic viticulture in 1995. The vines are fully certified ‘A’ grade organic by Australian Certified Organic The labels are unashamedly inspired by vintage flower seed packets created at the turn of the last century, three different flower images to adorn each one of the spring seed wines (apart from the sparkling wines).