Deen VAT 7 Chardonnay
The Deen Vat range is a tribute to Deen De Bortoli, a true visionary in the Australian wine industry, whose mission was to create quality wine for everyone to enjoy. The wine has a deep maroon appearance with aromas of ripe blue fruits and dark chocolate . The concentrated yet supple palate shows more blue fruits, rich chocolate, hints of salt bush and elegantly structured tannins on the finish.
Good rains during winter and early spring allowed for good fruitfulness and healthy vines at the beginning of the growing season. A cooler than usual ripening period enabled good varietal flavours. Rain during late spring and summer increased the disease pressure but with good viticultural practices and selective harvesting we were able to begin vintage albeit about 2 weeks later than what has become the norm in recent times.
Fruit is harvested at night, pressed and left to settle, roughly racked the next day to barrel & tank. Warm fermentation & extended lees contact help give a wine full of flavour and texture. 58% of the blend is fermented in old French oak barriques & Hogsheads. Wine is then left in barrel to mature on yeast lees for 12 months with minimal stirring. 100% of the wine going through malolactic fermentation.
58% of the blend is fermented in old French oak barriques & Hogsheads. Wine is then left in barrel to mature on yeast lees for 12 months with minimal stirring. 100% of the wine going through malolactic fermentation.
Perfect with spicy Thai dishes!
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The De Bortoli family story is one of determination and triumph that started 90 years ago and is now told, generations later, across Australia.
Our heritage encompasses the universal story of immigrants making good in an adopted land, the rise and rise of the Australian wine industry and the tale of a hardworking and innovative family
who considers good wine, good food and good friends to be among the true pleasures in life.
Today, as a fourth generation enters the family business, De Bortoli is amongst the top wine producers of Australia with vineyards spanning 6 premium wine regions.
Deen VAT 7 Chardonnay
£12.79 a bottle
12 in stock
“De Bortoli Wines is a third generation family wine company established by Vittorio and Giuseppina De Bortoli in 1928. The couple emigrated to Australia from Northern Italy, from mountain villages at the foothills of the Italian Alps, near the historic town of Asolo.
Their son, the energetic and dynamic Deen De Bortoli, (b 1936 – d 2003) expanded and consolidated the business created by his parents. Deen’s children established De Bortoli’s reputation for premium wine including icon dessert wine Noble One and the Yarra Valley wines.”
Victoria is a small state in area, but home to possibly the largest number of wineries in Australia, most of them which are small family-run operations. Victoria’s diverse topography, combining numerous mountain ranges, like the Grampians and the Victorian Pyrenees throughout the centre; flat plains in the northeast; and hilly, ocean-cooled reaches in the Melbourne area, make its vineyards amongst the most scenic in Australia. An enormous range of wine styles are available, and virtually every varietal flourishes in some part of the state.
Australia’s most widely planted white grape variety. The heavily oaked styles of the earlier nineties are now being replaced with styles emphasising the regional fruit and greater complexity. The cooler climate regions producing styles of great elegance and finesse.
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