Nugan Estate Chardonnay, Nugan Estate 2006

Pale straw with a youthful green hue. Intense, lifted aromas of fig, canned peach and almond entwined with toasty oak. A full-bodied style displaying concentrated ripe peach and stone fruit flavours layered elegantly with biscuit and butterscotch notes.

This Chardonnay is sourced from the renowned Coonawarra region in South Australia. The grapes were gently pressed and underwent a long, cool fermentation in new and one year old French oak. The wine then remained in oak for a further 14 months maturation, undergoing fortnightly batonage to enhance complexity and fruit and oak integration, prior to final blending and bottling.

"Amazingly for a wine of this price, 75% of the blend was fermented and aged in new French oak for 10 months but did not undergo malolactic fermentation. Light gold-colored, it has a remarkably complex bouquet featuring toast and buttered popcorn intertwined with baked apple and poached pear. Supple-textured, flavorful and long in the finish."

88 points - Jay Miller, eRobertParker.com #173, Oct. 2007

About Nugan Estate

Nugan Estate is a premium producer of estate grown wine based in Griffith, New South Wales. It is part of the Nugan Group, which was founded in 1940 on fruit and vegetable packing and expanded in the 1970s into juice production – later becoming one of the largest exporters of niche juice products to Asia. This success resulted in our CEO, Michelle Nugan, being recognised as a Telstra Business Woman of the Year and Australian Export Hero.

Today Nugan Estate owns 590 hectares of vineyards in Australia’s finest wine growing regions of Riverina, King Valley and McLaren Vale – making it the 18th largest vineyard holders in Australia. In addition, Nugan Estate sources premium quality grape from the renowned Coonawarra region. Family operated by Michelle, Matthew and Tiffany Nugan, Nugan Estate is one of Australia’s Top 20 Wine Exporters and is complemented by a premium wine portfolio, extra virgin olive oil and the award winning Griffith restaurant, Michelin.

Technical Notes

Alcohol: 14.0% alc. / vol.
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay

Food Pairings

Seared tuna nicoise, gnocci with sage and burnt butter sauce or pork and fennel sausages with paris mash.

Serving Notes: Enjoy now or cellar up to 5 years.