Tasting Notes for Temple Bruer Preservative Free Chardonnay 2025 from the Winery

Medium-bodied, crisp, and tropical. Passionfruit, pineapple, and lemon.

Palate: White peach and citrus peel with notes of vanilla and jasmine blossom. Dry and medium-bodied with a slight grippy and textured finish.

Nose: Green apple, lemon curd, and tropical flavours of passionfruit, papaya, pineapple, and mango.

Food Pairing: Pumpkin with herb and citrus salad or Barbecued Coorong mullet

The chardonnay was picked very early morning, using a selective MOG (material other than grapes) sorter which ensures only the best grapes make it into the winery. It was picked in two parcels from two of Temple Bruer's Riverland vineyards on the 3rd and the 7th of February 2022 from Cobdogla and Loxton consecutively. They arrived at 12 Baumé and a pH of 3.26. While the grapes were cool, they were quickly crushed, lightly pressed and cold settled overnight before racking the next day and fermentation commenced. This chardonnay fermented for 2 weeks at a cool temperature of 14C. It finished malolactic fermentation and it was cold and heat stabilised and bottled in mid-May. No sulphur dioxide was used during the making of this wine.

Technical Details

ABV: 11.8% 
Variety: Chardonnay
Location: Riverland

(SKU: TB_CHA_CV)