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The Wines Coates Organic Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2010 Chardonnay sourced from the cool climate of the Adelaide Hills. The grapes are NASAA certified (cert #5341) organic, the hand picked fruit is gently pressed then allowed to settle without the use of enzyme or fining agents. The partially clarified juice is transferred to French oak barriques (25% new, Remond, Nadalie Marsannay and Dargaud & Jaegle coopered) for fermentation using natural yeast. A slow primary fermentation is followed by malolactic fermentation in oak; the Chardonnay stays in barrel on yeast lees for 12 months prior to light filtration followed by a further six month maturation. Bottle unfined with light filtration in September 2011. Price – $35 Production – 145 cases made. Alcohol – 13.5%