Jacob's Creek Reeves Point Chardonnay

Wine information: Jacob's Creek Reeves Point Chardonnay is part of the Jacob's Creek Heritage Collection. In 1847, a young Bavarian immigrant named Johann Gramp planted the Barossa Valley’s first commercial vineyard on the banks of Jacob’s Creek. His first vintage was in 1850 and he continued to make wine in his small ironstone winery beside Jacob’s Creek until his death at the age of 84. The Heritage Collection is a fitting tribute to the brand’s rich history, showcasing outstanding examples of benchmark regional varietal Australian wines. After harvest and pressing the resultant juice was fermented in new, and two year old French oak barrels. Here the wine rested for 10 months on yeast lees with most barrels undergoing malolactic fermentation. Regular lees stirring contributed creamy mouth feel qualities and nutty barrel aged flavours to the resulting wine.

Tasting Notes: Jacob's Creek Reeves Point Chardonnay is light straw yellow with deep vibrant green hues. The nose has notes of intense white peach & citrus fruit with a background of nutty oak and buttery complexity. On the palate there are white peach, melon and citrus fruit flavours which are quite fresh and long and marry well with the nutty, cedar oak flavours. The texture is soft and creamy and has been enhanced by malo-lactic characters. The wine has a long presence on the palate and is balanced by a fresh acid finish.

 
     

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