Region: Australia - Hunter Valley
Grapes: Chardonnay
Alcohol: 13.5%
The color is pale yellow with greenish tint. The aromas are delicate peach, pear and ripe citrus fruits mingling with non-overpowering vanilla and light toasty oak. This is a beautifully crafted wine. Full-flavored with ripe stone fruits at the fore, the oak is subtle and really well integrated and provides support to a palate that has texture, balance and just great mouth feel with a long, persistent and crisp finish.
Notes on the Producer
Hope Estate was established in 1994 when Michael gave up his pharmacy career to do something he loved – to make wine. Together with his wife Karen they purchased their first vineyard at Broke in the Hunter consisting of 30 acres of vines on a 250 acre property. The quality of fruit produced from these vineyards was exceptional and the potential of the area was further realized with more vines being planted. Being ideally suited to whites this was then followed up with a second purchase being 200 acres of the famed red basalt soil at Fordwich. This has since been planted with 100 acres of Shiraz and Merlot.
