Cuvée Brut

A palate of jasmine, passionfruit and green figs. Balanced with notes of lemon curd and quince. The palate has a chalky texture followed by a high acid line. The bubble is tight, firm and persistent which enhances the texture and delicate fruit of this wine.

A nose lifted with yellow and green apples, pears, coconut and lime.

White Bean Stew or Fish Meunière (white fish in butter sauce)

The Chenin Blanc comes from Temple Bruer’s Langhorne Creek Vineyard, our very first vineyard, which has fertile soils that are predominantly deep, alluvial sandy loams with self-mulching clays. The vineyard was planted from 1981 and the Chenin Blanc was planted in 1996. Chenin Blanc is suited to Langhorne Creek. This gorgeous grape can withstand warm summer days while its acid and complex flavours and aromas are protected by the rapidly cooling nights thanks to the effects of Lake Alexandrina (‘The Lake Doctor’).

Chenin Blanc was picked early morning at a sugar level of 10.4 Baume on the 18th March 2021. The grapes were then cooled further and pressed where only the free run was used for this wine. The juice was cold settled for two days, racked and inoculated and fermentation commenced. Fermentation lasted for 3.5 weeks at 13˚C. The wine then went through Malolactic fermentation. It was then left on lees for an extended period to provide and increase the texture into the wine. It was then sparkled to 4.5 g/l C02 and bottled in mid-July 2021. No Sulphur dioxide was used at any point

A moderately wet spring and early growing season the conditions were excellent for flowering and fruit set across multiple regions in South Australia . The 2021 vintage and the later growing season was very cool and dry, which led to slower ripening over the season and low disease pressure. A slow and mild ripening period meant natural acidity, concentrated fruit flavor and fine tannins were seen from Temple Bruer vineyards. As a result of conditions yields across the vineyards were also high. Picking began in late January in McLaren Vale and finished in May with Eden Valley. The stunning Chenin Blanc for this Cuvee Brut was picked in Langhorne Creek in mid-March.