Fine boned and focused, the Seresin 2019 Estate Chardonnay shows nicely the influence of earlier picking and the continued philosophy of low intervention wine making practices. Highly poised and elegant, the nose exhibits wonderful flinty minerality, white flowers and ripe orchard fruit, which follows through on to the palate. It is a wine that is structured and complex, yet delicate and graceful.

Blessed with a glorious, dry summer, 2019 harvest commenced remarkably early, on March 1st. Vintage 2019 will be remembered as relatively trouble free, and a long harvest period – after the last few years when all varieties ripened at once, the slow, steady and spread out nature of 2019 was welcomed. Wet conditions at flowering gave us loose and lighter bunches, the following hot dry summer allowed berries to ripen considerably faster. Fruit was harvested an optimum maturity with the intention to maintain fresh and vibrant acidity to balance concentration of the fruit. We completed harvest on April 13th. Sourced from our clay rich Raupo vineyard, in the centre of the Omaka Valley. This vineyard has a gentle north – west facing aspect and enjoys high sunshine hours and minimal rain. The vineyard is farmed following organic and biodynamic principles.

Certified organic grapes were harvested by hand and machine, then pressed, chilled and settled for 48 hours. The bright juice was then carefully racked into a variety of stainless-steel vessels to begin fermentation, then a potion was transferred to old, neutral barrels. The juice was largely inoculated with specialist yeast, Alba Fria. A small proportion was left to ferment naturally, to help build texture and natural balance into the wine. An extremely long fermentation proceeded, up to 8 weeks, then the stainless-steel portion was racked to barrel on lees. After a period of 6 months, the wine was blended, stabilised and filtered prior to bottling.

We are working on finding our best Pairing for this beautiful Organic Wine. Also open to some suggestions from you. Get in touch with us with your favourite pairing and we can talk about what we love. Email us at info@naturalliquor.com