CASTLE ROCK 2021 DILETTI CHARDONNAY Hine Best enjoyed right now

Best enjoyed right now

Stored carefully

a we can only expect around this many bottlers per year

Well-integrated tannins provide structure across the length of the palate and give the wine a focus that persists long after the wine has left the mouth

Wine-making

CASTLE ROCK 2021 DILETTI CHARDONNAY Hine Best enjoyed right nowAll estate fruit. Yield 2T Hectare. Vine age 36 years. Machine harvested, free run juice, light settling and racked to barrel (cloudy juice) mixture of French Puncheon and Barrique (33% new oak), minimal stirring, left in barrel for 11 months. Creating a full textured Chardonnay with complexity yet balanced to the cool climate fruit of Castle Rock Estate. Colour: Light Straw coloured. Bouquet: Extended contact with yeast lees has produced a complex