PENFOLDS
KOONUNGA HILL CHARDONNAY
Penfolds Koonunga Hill Chardonnay mirrors its sister red wines as one of Australia’s best value white wines, offering quality at an affordable price.
COLOR : Very pale straw with lime green hues
NOSE : Instant white peach stone fruit flavours abound ensued by a lovely array of florals –orange blossom and jasmine. Fresh and pure with a light creaminess arising from time spent on yeast lees in French oak. Lovely fruit and oak integration.
PALATE : Stone fruits persist alongside fresh citrus and green apple and just a splashing of honey suckle. Fine and pure with a subtle and soft oak influence finishing with a long, mineral acid structure that gives great length of flavours.
MATURATION : Stainless steel, French oak
Koonunga Hill Chardonnay reflects Penfolds multi-region, multi-vineyard blending philosophy, which enables the winemaking team to source the best parcels of fruit to produce consistently high quality wines from each vintage. A light to medium-bodied Chardonnay with distinctive primary fruit characters and a subtle underlay of moderate oak.
Above-average winter and spring rainfall provided healthy soil moisture profiles for the growing season. Cool days and cooler nights slowed vine growth in early spring with temperatures warming in October. A mild and mostly dry start to summer was followed by two significant rain events in February. Rainfall slowed in early autumn with a high heat cycle quickly following. Moving into March, mild days slowed the ripening with cool nights and warm days persisting until harvest.
- Country
- AUSTRALIA
- Region
- SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- Vintage
- 2018
- Producer
- PENFOLDS
- Item code
- 013133003
