Tasting Notes
Our first single barrel of Chardonnay. It has taken some years for this vineyard to find a stride that motivates us to create a single-varietal wine. With the finest work from chickens, herbal preparations, good pruning and vine work, this block has begun to tell a new story. Also home to the Chardonnay component of Geoponika and on the alternative years, High Paradise.
The 30+ year old vines cascade down a steep slope and inject their roots into red clay over old weathered schist with a predominance of iron stone quartz. East facing and sheltered by Native and Pine forest, allowing only mid day light for a very fine structure.
Our direct press is stomped by feet and left to macerate over night, pressed the following morning, fermented in barrel and left to settle in bottle.
- Winery Notes.
Manon is the label for Tim Webber and Monique Millton, farmed from their high altitude vineyard in the Adelaide Hills. Tim and Mon have a strong belief in working with nature, and have implemented a number of different programs to support this. Everything in the vineyard is done by hand, following biodynamic principles, they have begun to gradually remove introduced flora, and replant with native vegetation, as well as encouraging native animals, such as kangaroos, who keep the grasses under control, but don't damage the soils through compaction.
A similar philosophy is utilised in the winery, with everything carried out slowly and without any additions. Bunches are harvested by hand, carefully sorted and then allowed to ferment naturally, with indigenous yeasts. Left to settle over the winter months, the wines are finally bottled unfined and unfiltered. These are natural wines - a pure expression of their site and fruit.
| Product Type | Wine White Chardonnay |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Sub Region | Adelaide Hills |
| Winemaking Practices | Natural |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |