Tolpuddle Chardonnay

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Tolpuddle Vineyard Chardonnay reflects the cool maritime climate of Tasmania's Coal River Valley, and the site itself is gently sloping, north-east facing, with light silica over sandstone. The result is a fine and precise Chardonnay with a backbone of firm acidity, and a combination of lightness of texture, and intensity of flavor.

“Yellow plum, grapefruit, kaffir lime, salted quince and beeswax. A little high acid-sour and angular across the finish as it stands, but there is concentration and the finish is long limbed. Inchoate and needing time to gel. I may well be underscoring this. While it was tasted blind, it was revealed to be a wine of pedigree and an impressive track record of age-worthiness.” — Decanter, Aug 2024

“The 2022 Chardonnay is a ripper. It is really intensely flavored and has a profusion of firm, ductile tannins. The fruit is spicy and leans into salted pineapple, a hint of kiwi fruit, shaved fennel, white peach and brine. The phenolics are making themselves felt through the finish, and I put this down to the wine evolving; it ages brilliantly, or so I think, and it is just setting itself on its trajectory now. This is very good, and it will be better.” — Wine Advocate, Jul 2024

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Vineyard name

Tolpuddle Vineyard

Vineyard size

50 acres

Soil composition

Light Silica over Sandstone

Training method

Guyot VSP

Elevation:

132 - 198 feet

Vines/acre:

1,110 - 1,515

Yield/acre:

2.4 tons

Exposure:

Northeastern

Year vineyard planted:

1988

Harvest time:

March - April

First vintage of this wine:

2012

Varietal composition:

100% Chardonnay

Fermentation container:

Barrels

Length of alcoholic fermentation:

15 days

Fermentation temperature:

68 °F

Malolactic fermentation:

Yes - 100%

Type of aging container:

Barriques and Barrels

Size of aging container:

228L - 500L

Type of oak:

French

Length of aging before bottling:

9 months

Age of Aging Container:

New to 3 years

Length of bottle aging:

8 months

Total SO2

134

pH level:

3.13

Acidity:

7.1 g/L

Alcohol:

13.5 %

Total SO2

134

Residual sugar:

0.7 g/L

The grapes were all hand picked, whole bunch pressed, and fermented in French oak. The wine spent nine months in barrel with gentle stirring as required, then rested in tank on lees.

Tolpuddle Vineyard is an outstanding site within the Coal River Valley region. Planted in 1988 solely to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the vineyard takes its name from the Tolpuddle Martyrs, whose “reward” for starting England’s first agrarian union was to be transported to Tasmania as convicts.

Since acquiring the vineyard in 2011, Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith have invested heavily in improving all aspects of the vineyard and they are fully committed to seeing it recognised as one of Australia’s great single vineyard sites.

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