{"product_id":"mount-macleod-chardonnay-2023","title":"Mount Macleod Chardonnay 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eMount Macleod Chardonnay is an organic Gippsland Chardonnay raised in concrete and old barrique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConfidence in the fruit is the governing principle in Mark Matthews's shed, and everything follows from it: wild ferments, neutral oak only, and as little intervention as the wine will tolerate. The block faces south on well-drained red ferrosol, the classic soil of South Gippsland, and was the first parcel here to gain organic certification, in 2008. Vines are dry-grown and yields held to roughly 1.5 tonnes per acre. Five per cent of the fruit fermented on skins to add texture and phenolic tension; the balance was pressed as whole bunches. Concrete took one half with no malolactic conversion, fifteen-year-old barriques the other with partial, both nine months on lees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA touch more grip than the year before, with punchy citrus, mouth-watering freshness and an impressively long finish. Nothing is overdone. Serve at 12 degrees with grilled fish, chicken and tarragon, or a wedge of hard goat's cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Chardonnay \/ Gippsland \/ Mount Macleod","offer_id":44288194445371,"sku":"23891-750","price":27.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/23891-750.png?v=1790124095","url":"https:\/\/www.divino.com.au\/products\/mount-macleod-chardonnay-2023","provider":"DiVino.com.au","version":"1.0","type":"link"}