Cannibal Creek Chardonnay 2015

Cannibal Creek Chardonnay 2015Winemaker and viticulturist Patrick Hardiker established the Cannibal Creek Vineyard in 1997 in the Tynong Valley, at Tynong North on the fringe of Gippsland in Victoria. At an elevation of 102m above sea level and with fourteen daylight hours in the grape growing season, the conditions are ideal for producing cool climate wines. "Notes of melon, green fig and apricot pith wind across a tensile beam of mineral crunch and cool climate, unadulterated

About the winery

matured in barrel for 15 months

winemaker Maryann Egan was warmly greeted by top Melbourne restaurant Vue du Monde's sommelier

and then given 12 months on lees

French oak barrel ageing

less-oaky and more Chambolle style of Bass Phillip Reserve

We need to be warm

mint/aniseed

Best Red Wine Blend - 2002 McLaren Vale Wine Show

and the wine carries to a smooth

even though it is very much its own style and not imitating any other region

"Like the single vineyard wine in many ways with the sweet core of bright black and red fruit