_____siq__ 2021/23 Blanc Ouillé Chardonnay

2021/23 Jurassique Blanc Ouillé Chardonnay
 
Hard to believe that it’s over a decade of producing wine under Latta. It still only feels like yesterday I was tinkering around with little wine projects in the cellar (not much has changed...). Here we have two projects that have been hanging out in the cellar waiting for a destination, both wines seemed to complement each other so here we have the "Baby Jurassique" Siq
 
Super Textured, extended lees contact, great natural acidity, low sulphur, salty, vinous, oxidative handling, boundary pushing.
 
The 2021 fruit for this wine is grown on lovely red volcanic soils next door to Eastern Peake in Coghills Creek, on my uncles old vineyard we used to lease.
the 2023 component is from Moonambel off 1980 plantings.
 
Chardonnay was harvested at just over 12 baumé, whole bunch pressed on a long slow cycle in the pneumatic press, transferred to 228 & 300L French & Austrian casks, indigenous yeasts, barrels are topped up on a more relaxed schedule to gaining some oxidative/texture. 24 months in barrel (Coghills Creek) & 12 months for the Moonambel portion, full malo, full lees contact with no interference, once racked from barrel both wines spent extended time in stainless. assembled & bottled October 2024.