Members Only – Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2017

The Tiers Old Chardonnay was hand harvested into shallow trays and cooled to 2ºC in the cold room at Tapanappa Winery, adjacent to the vineyard. The whole bunches of Tiers Chardonnay were tipped from the trays into the Willmes Merlin airbag press. The juice was gently pressed from the bunches into a settling tank. After a short gravity settling the partially clarified juice and its fluffy lees were racked to French Vosges oak barriques, 33% new and the balance 1 and 2 use. 

The Tiers Chardonnay was seeded with our own yeast culture and allowed to ferment in the cool air temperature of the Piccadilly Valley autumn. 

Half of the 2017 Tiers Old Chardonnay went through malo-lactic fermentation through the winter and the whole was allowed to sit on full fermentation lees until clear racking in January of 2018. 

2017 Tiers Chardonnay was bottled in early March 2018. 

The “in bottle” analysis of Tapanappa 2017 Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay is; 

Alcohol 13.0% 

pH 3.1 

Total Acid 8.2gpl 

Sugar 1 gpl