1996 Hardys Eileen Hardy Chardonnay Winery: Hardys Vintage: 1996 Region: McLaren Vale Bottle Size: 750ml Variety: Chardonnay Price: $45.00 (out of stock)

TASTING NOTE:

Deep rich straw hues are enhanced by subtle green tinges.  Refined lemon citrus aromas are complexed by elegantly integrated creamy vanillin oak, smoky malt and cashew nut qualities. 

A distinguished medium bodied palate is characterised by persistent citrus fruit flavours, hints of grapefruit spice and a complex lingering vanillin and malt dry finish.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:        

Eileen Hardy OBE, is fondly remembered as the matriarch of Australia’s best known winemaking and sailing family.  Today she is immortalised by the annual release of one of Australia’s great white wines, Eileen Hardy Chardonnay.  Fruit sourced from Australia’s premier viticultural regions is carefully selected to form the many components of this complex unique wine, which when combined with judicious and expert winemaking results in a wine of rare quality.

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?:

Access to all of Australia’s premier cool climate viticultural regions allows the winemaking team at Hardys to select the very finest Chardonnay fruit in the country.  Furthermore the team have some of the most technologically advanced winemaking facilities in Australia, providing them with the infrastructure and resources to fully capitalise on the fruit’s inherent qualities.  This prestigious wine has been 100% barrel fermented in new and one year old French oak, with 40% of the blend also undergoing malolactic fermentation, subsequent ageing on lees for ten months has imparted further complexity and character.

FOOD SUGGESTIONS:

Smoked meats, Antipasto

Vintage:                      1996

Growing Areas:          Padthaway

                                    Canberra

                                    Adelaide Hills

                                    Tasmania

Grape Varieties:        Chardonnay

Alcohol:                      14.0%

Total Acidity: 6.3 grams/litre

pH:                              3.34

Winemaker:                Tom Newton

Description:               

A pinnacle in winemaking achievement, lingering, complex and flavoursome.

Show Results :

1997 Adelaide Wine Show

“The Adelaide Trophy for the Most Outstanding Red or White Table Wine In The Show”

“The Miller & Co. Trophy For The Best White Table Wine In The Show”

“The JB MacMahon Trophy For The Best Dry White, Full Bodied, Table Wine”

“The Max Schubert Trophy For The Best Consumer Table Wine In The Show”

“The Singapore Airlines Trophy For The Winemaker Of The Most Outstanding Red or White Wine In The Show - Tom Newton”

Class 12   Gold Medal  Adelaide Wine Show ‘97

Class 13   Gold Medal  Perth Wine Show ’97

Class 24   Gold Medal  Cowra Wine Show ‘97