Mount View EstateChardonnay
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The Chardonnay of the Mount View Estate is in the top 0 of wines of Hunter Valley.
Details and technical informations about Mount View Estate's Chardonnay.
Discover the grape variety: Torbato
Lively, structured whites with good ageing potential, with a pale golden robe, a taut palate with preserved acidity, and signature aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), yellow fruits (peach), white flowers and saline mineral notes. Taut insular profile. Star of the Alghero Torbato DOC appellation, producing great whites from the west coast of Sardinia with fine ageing potential. Native white grape of Sardinia, grown around Alghero.
Informations about the Mount View Estate
The Mount View Estate is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 30 wines for sale in the of Hunter Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Hunter Valley
Cradle of Australian viticulture (1825), 160 km north of Sydney. World signature: dry low-alcohol Sémillon (10-11°) with fresh citrus notes in youth, evolving after 10-15 years to candied lemon, toast, honey and beeswax, spectacular ageing. Medium-bodied "Hunter style" Shiraz, supple and earthy (leather, plum, sweet spices), capable of decades. Also Chardonnay and Verdelho.
The wine region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
Australia's 2nd wine state with diverse regions. Iconic Hunter Valley: a Sémillon unlike any other, straight, low-alcohol dry whites with vivid citrus when young, evolving over 10-20 years toward honey, toast and lanolin. Medium-bodied Hunter Shiraz, spicy and earthy (leather, red fruits). Also round Chardonnay and aromatic Verdelho.
The word of the wine: Véraison
A phase in the vegetative cycle of the vine that takes place in summer, usually in August, when the grapes change colour from green to red (for reds) or yellow (for whites). This stage heralds the beginning of ripening.
