Tyrrell's Blanc de Blanc 2016 - Hunter Valley, NSW

100% Chardonnay fruit. Handpicked on 14 January 2016 and hand sorted in the vineyard. The fruit was then lightly pressed before primary fermentation in stainless steel at the Tyrrell’s Estate winery. The wine then spent approximately nine months on gross lees before undergoing tirage bottling on-site at Tyrrell’s winer.

Secondary fermentation took place in the bottle with a specific yeast strain for sparkling, hand selected to give purity, freshness, brightness and complexity to the resulting wine. The wine then spent approximately 8 years on lees before being disgorged in July 2024. The disgorging liquor was house made using aged (23-year-old) Vat47 Chardonnay stock and a 10-year-old brandy spirit.

The nose is pure and precise, exhibiting elegant floral notes, citrus and a hint of aged complexity from the extended maturation time on lees before disgorging. The palate also shows the purity of Chardonnay made in a traditional sparkling style with flavours of green apple, lemon, white peach and brioche.