Winery Bannockburn Vineyards - Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay

Winery Bannockburn VineyardsExtended Lees Contact Chardonnay

4.3
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay of Winery Bannockburn Vineyards is a white wine from the region of Geelong of Victoria.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.

Taste structure of the Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay from the Winery Bannockburn Vineyards

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay of Winery Bannockburn Vineyards in the region of Victoria is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay of Winery Bannockburn Vineyards in the region of Victoria often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Bannockburn Vineyards's Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Last vintages of this wine

Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay - 2013
In the top 100 of of Geelong wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay - 2011
In the top 100 of of Geelong wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay - 0
In the top 100 of of Geelong wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Extended Lees Contact Chardonnay from Winery Bannockburn Vineyards are 2013, 0, 2011

Informations about the Winery Bannockburn Vineyards

The winery offers 23 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Geelong in the region of Victoria

The Winery Bannockburn Vineyards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Geelong to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Victoria
In the top 3500 of of Australia wines
In the top 300 of of Geelong wines
In the top 25000 of white wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Geelong

The wine region of Geelong is located in the region of Port Phillip of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine By Farr or the Domaine By Farr produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Geelong are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Geelong often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cassis or baking spice and sometimes also flavors of menthol, rhubarb or pomegranate.


The wine region of Victoria

Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.

The word of the wine: Pigeage

Operation consisting of a vertical treading to push the cap of marc into the wine, which promotes extraction. Pigeage can be carried out mechanically with jacks that plunge into the vat. Traditionally, it is the men who go down into the vats and push the cap by trampling it.

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