Chalk Hill, McLaren Vale
Chalk Hill is a family owned wine company dedicated to making small batch, hand crafted wines of distinction. The Harvey family grape growing heritage goes back six generations in South Australia, and we now have six vineyards spread across the beautiful McLaren Vale wine region. Our home vineyard was first planted in 1897 and these century old vines still bear fruit today. It is our family commitment to make wines that reveal the unique place that is McLaren Vale, and to show our efforts from the vineyard to the bottle. To us, wine is more than just a drink, it is a reflection of our place and our life.
Vineyards
The grapes in Chalk Hill wines are primarily sourced from six family-owned vineyards in the McLaren Vale district, 40 kilometres south of Adelaide in South Australia. McLaren Vale's Mediterranean type climate of cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers provides perfect growing conditions for premium grapes. Each Vineyard has a different soil type and topography, providing unique growing environments for the grapes. We take these unique factors and combine them with expert viticultural management to produce grapes of distinct character and appeal that make our wines so sought after.
Description
Variety : 100% Barbera
Colour : Deep purple with crimson hues.
Aroma : Highly perfumed, with lifted dark cherry fruit, floral notes with a hint of spice.
Palate : This is a medium bodied wine that is bright and fruit driven. Flavours of dark cherry fruits and rose petals combine with layers of spice. The acid is firm and provides a refreshing finish.
Cellaring : This wine drinks well young, but will cellar for 5 - 7 years to be at it's peak.
Vineyard Notes: First planted in 1998 at our Chalk Hill vineyard, the Barbera handled the warm and dry vintage beautifully in 2018. In the vineyard this was the best we have ever seen the Barbera fruit, so we hold high hopes for this wine.
Winemakers Notes: We aim to capture the natural flavours of the variety and do so by handling the wine gently throughout the wine making process. Hand picked, then fermented gently on skins for 7 days, prior to transferring to older French oak barrels. We want to see the perfume, the vibrancy and the bright fruit characters come to the fore.
Food Pairing: Roast beef with Cabernet and quince jus.
Alcohol: 14%
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