{"product_id":"meadowbank-chardonnay","title":"Meadowbank Chardonnay","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33,37,41);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eMeadowbank’s Chardonnay comes off the property’s oldest vines, which are P58 clone and now well into their thirties. Peter Dredge describes the vineyard as a “beautiful little spot”, with loose sand and sandstone, overlaying dark brown coffee rock, rich in iron oxides. The fruit was picked over two passes; the earlier pick was at 11.5% while the second pick was at 12.5%, ensuring sufficient acidity was captured to balance the ripe-leaning nature of the clone. The fruit was whole-bunch pressed directly to puncheons (close to 20% new) for fermentation and partial malo (approx. 33%). The wine matured in wood on lees for nine months before it was bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33,37,41);background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: roboto, sans-serif;\"\u003eIt’s a classy and refined release, flush with fleshy white fruit, salinity and a lovely impression of roasted nuts from the 100% barrel vinification. Then you get chalky tension throughout—flickering freshness, a nip of phenolics and mouth-watering, rocky texture—balanced by waves of silky flavour and a long, focussed finish. It’s a dazzling release that will begin to hit its straps in six months.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Meadowbank","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53122972057965,"sku":null,"price":52.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/0821\/7709\/files\/11ee028f0ae3f554b9130a77e9eb095a.png?v=1773402842","url":"https:\/\/www.plonk.net.au\/products\/meadowbank-chardonnay","provider":"Plonk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}